Astronomical chemistry

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue , 2011, Pages 173-184

  Klemperer, William ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ion molecule chemistry; molecular clouds; radioastronomy

Indexed keywords

IONS;

DETAILED CHEMICAL KINETIC; HIGHEST DENSITY REGIONS; INTERSTELLAR MEDIAS; ION MOLECULE/REACTION; ION-MOLECULE CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLOUDS; MOLECULES FORMATION; POLYATOMIC MOLECULES; RADIOASTRONOMY; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA;

MOLECULES;

EID: 79953781878     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-032210-103332     Document Type: Article

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