Reaction networks for interstellar chemical modelling: improvements and challenges

V Wakelam, IWM Smith, E Herbst, J Troe… - Space science …, 2010 - Springer
We survey the current situation regarding chemical modelling of the synthesis of molecules
in the interstellar medium. The present state of knowledge concerning the rate coefficients …

The chemistry of protonated species in the Martian ionosphere

JL Fox - Icarus, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) spacecraft entered
orbit around Mars on 22 September 2014. The Neutral Gas Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS) …

Quantum study of information delay in electromagnetically induced transparency

MTL Hsu, G Hetet, O Gloeckl, JJ Longdell, BC Buchler… - Physical review …, 2006 - APS
Using electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT), it is possible to delay and store light
in atomic ensembles. Theoretical modeling and recent experiments have suggested that the …

Jahn-Teller Interactions in the Dissociative Recombination of

C Jungen, ST Pratt - Physical Review Letters, 2009 - APS
A simple analytical approach is presented to describe the dissociative recombination (DR) of
an electron with H 3+ and its isotopomers. The principal assumption is that resonant capture …

Scattering matrix approach to the dissociative recombination of HCO+ and N2H+

S Fonseca dos Santos, N Douguet… - The Journal of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We present a theoretical study of the indirect dissociative recombination of linear polyatomic
ions at low collisional energies. The approach is based on the computation of the scattering …

Dissociative recombination of CH2NH2+: a crucial link with interstellar methanimine and Titan ammonia

CH Yuen, MA Ayouz, N Balucani… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Cross-sections for dissociative recombination (DR) and vibrational excitation of the CH2NH
ion in collisions with electrons are determined theoretically. The corresponding thermally …

[HTML][HTML] Theoretical study of radiative electron attachment to CN, C2H, and C4H radicals

N Douguet, S Fonseca dos Santos, M Raoult… - The Journal of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
A first-principle theoretical approach to study the process of radiative electron attachment is
developed and applied to the negative molecular ions CN−, C 4 H−, and C 2 H−. Among …

Electron-induced excitation, recombination, and dissociation of molecular ions initiating the formation of complex organic molecules

ZJ Mezei, K Chakrabarti, MD Epée Epée… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We review the study of dissociative recombination and rovibrational excitation of diatomic
and small polyatomic molecular ions initiating complex organic molecules formation. In …

The dissociative recombination of H3+–a saga coming to an end?

M Larsson, BJ McCall, AE Orel - Chemical Physics Letters, 2008 - Elsevier
Major progress has been made in the understanding of how H3+ recombines with thermal
and sub-thermal electrons, a process of great importance to the chemistry of diffuse …

Optical clock with millihertz linewidth based on a phase-matching effect

D Yu, J Chen - Physical review letters, 2007 - APS
We propose a new scheme for the optical frequency standard based on the phase-matching
effect of the nonadiabatic interaction of two quasimonochromatic fields with the states S 0 1 …