ISSN:
0538-8066
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Physical Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Translationally hot (3.7 eV center-of-mass collision energy) D atoms can be produced by the dissociative recombinationsof DCO+ ions with electrons in interstellar clouds. The reactions of hot D atoms with H2 molecules is an important factor in determining the D to H abundance ratio in the universe from observations of deuterated species in dense interstellar clouds. A simulation of this reaction has been carried out using exact quasiclassical reaction cross sections, together with a series of approximate total collision cross sections. It was found that the total probability of reaction, PR, at 3.7 eV was approximately 0.4. A reaction probability of this magnitude suggeststhat the loss of D atoms by the title reaction be considered in astrochemical modeling of deuterated molecules.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/kin.550180908
