Wakelam, V;
Bron, E;
Cazaux, S;
Dulieu, F;
Gry, C;
Guillard, P;
Habart, E;
... Watanabe, N; + view all
(2017)
H₂ formation on interstellar dust grains: The viewpoints of theory, experiments, models and observations.
Molecular Astrophysics
, 9
pp. 1-36.
10.1016/j.molap.2017.11.001.
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Abstract
Molecular hydrogen is the most abundant molecule in the universe. It is the first one to form and survive photo-dissociation in tenuous environments. Its formation involves catalytic reactions on the surface of interstellar grains. The micro-physics of the formation process has been investigated intensively in the last 20 years, in parallel of new astrophysical observational and modeling progresses. In the perspectives of the probable revolution brought by the future satellite JWST, this article has been written to present what we think we know about the H₂ formation in a variety of interstellar environments.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | H₂ formation on interstellar dust grains: The viewpoints of theory, experiments, models and observations |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.molap.2017.11.001 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molap.2017.11.001 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Astrochemistry, Molecular hydrogen, Grain surface chemistry, Interstellar medium |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10038758 |
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