Formation of molecular hydrogen from methane ice

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 721, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1656-1662

  He, Jiao ^a   Gao, Kun ^a   Vidali, Gianfranco ^a,b   Bennett, Chris J ^b   Kaiser, Ralf I ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrochemistry; Cosmic rays; Infrared: ISM; ISM: molecules; Methods: laboratory; Molecular processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149276118     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/721/2/1656     Document Type: Article

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