Dissociative recombination of the methane family ions: Rate coefficients and implications

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 216-220

  Sheehan, C H ^a   St Maurice, J P ^b  

^a OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissociative recombination rates; Jovian ionospheres; Methane ions

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; IONS; METHANE; PLANETS; SATELLITES;

DISSOCIATIVE RECOMBINATION; EXCITED IONS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 1842575632     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.07.019     Document Type: Article

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