Elemental nitrogen partitioning in dense interstellar clouds

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 10233-10238

  Daranlot, Julien ^a,b   Hincelin, Ugo ^a,c   Bergeat, Astrid ^a,b   Costes, Michel ^a,b   Loison, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Wakelam, Valentine ^a,c   Hickson, Kevin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES MOLÉCULAIRES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Astrochemistry; Chemical kinetics

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLOUD; GAS; LOW TEMPERATURE; NITROGEN PARTITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84863001074     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1200017109     Document Type: Article

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