The lifetimes of nitriles (CN) and acids (COOH) during ultraviolet photolysis and their survival in space

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 601, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 365-370

  Bernstein, Max P ^a,b   Ashbourn, Samantha F M ^b,c   Sandford, Scott A ^b   Allamandola, Louis J ^b  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Astrochemistry; ISM: molecules; Molecular processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642586495     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380306     Document Type: Article

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