An enhanced cosmic-ray flux towards ζ Persei inferred from a laboratory study of the H3+-e- recombination rate

Nature

Volumn 422, Issue 6931, 2003, Pages 500-502

  McCall, B J ^a   Huneycutt, A J ^a   Saykally, R J ^a   Geballe, T R ^b   Djuric, N ^c   Dunn, G H ^c   Semaniak, J ^d   Novotny, O ^d,e   Al Khalili, A ^f   Ehlerding, A ^f   Hellberg, F ^f   Kalhori, S ^f   Neau, A ^f   Thomas, R ^f   Osterdahl F ^g   Larsson, M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g MANNE SIEGBAHN LABORATORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CLOUDS; COSMIC RAYS; HYDROGEN;

COSMIC-RAY FLUX;

CONSERVATION;

COSMOCHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLOUD; COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OBSERVATION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0037417292     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01498     Document Type: Article

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