Ionization and dissociation of cometary gaseous organic molecules by solar wind particles - I. Formic acid

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 372, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1379-1388

  Pilling, S ^a   Santos, A C F ^b   Wolff, W ^b   Sant'Anna, M M ^b   Barros, A L F ^b   De Souza, G G B ^b   De Castro Faria, N V ^b   Boechat Roberty, H M ^b  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astrochemistry; Comets: General; Molecular data; Molecular process; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

COMETS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; FORMIC ACID; IONIZATION; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PHOTODISSOCIATION; SOLAR WIND;

ASTROCHEMISTRY; COMETS: GENERAL; ELECTRON-IMPACT; ENERGETIC CHARGED PARTICLES; ENERGETIC ELECTRON; MOLECULAR DATA; MOLECULAR PROCESS; ORGANIC MOLECULES; SOLAR WIND PARTICLES; SOLAR/WIND;

MOLECULES;

EID: 33750187946     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10949.x     Document Type: Article

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