Cosmic ray dissociation of molecular hydrogen and dense cloud chemistry
arXiv:2010.13703 · doi:10.3847/2515-5172/ab97ae
Abstract
Dissociation of molecular hydrogen by secondary electrons produced by cosmic ray or X-ray ionization plays a crucial role in the chemistry of the densest part of molecular clouds. Here we study the effect of the mean kinetic energy of secondary electrons on this process. We compare predictions using a range of secondary electron energies and predictions of the cross-sections with the values in the UMIST database. We find that the predicted column densities change by nearly one dex.
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