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Photodestruction of Hydrogen Molecules in H I Regions
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A photodestruction mechanism is found that gives a lifetime of 10i0 sec for Hi in H I regions of the interstellar medium. Coupled with production, this gives a mean density of 10- for H2 which is a factor of 10 less than that previously obtained.
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- Authors
- Stecher, T. P., & Williams, D. A.
- Venue
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Publisher
- American Astronomical Society
- Published
- 1967-07
- Volume
- 149
- Pages
- L29
- ISSN
- 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
- 1538-4357
- OpenAlex
- W2056265022
- Cited by
- 253
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 9.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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