Flowing afterglow studies of temperature dependencies for electron dissociative recombination of HCNH+, CH3CNH+ and CH3CH2CNH+ and their symmetrical proton-bound dimers

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1642-1647

  McLain, J L ^a   Adams, N G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct mechanism; Dissociative recombination; Electron ion recombination; Indirect mechanism

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE ION; DIRECT MECHANISM; DISSOCIATIVE RECOMBINATION; DISSOCIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRON-ION RECOMBINATION; ELECTRON-ION RECOMBINATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM TEMPERATURES; FLOWING AFTERGLOWS; INDIRECT MECHANISM; INTERSTELLAR MEDIUMS; MOLECULAR SYNTHESIS; POWER LAW; PROTONATED; RECOMBINATION COEFFICIENT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCIES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; VARIABLE TEMPERATURE;

CYANIDES; DIMERS; ELECTRONS; IONOSPHERE; IONS; NANOHORNS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PROTONS;

PHOTODISSOCIATION;

EID: 70350593886     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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