H$_2$ formation on interstellar dust grains: the viewpoints of theory, experiments, models and observations
Astrophysics of Galaxies
2017-11-30 v1
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 H formation in a variety of interstellar environments.
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@article{arxiv.1711.10568,
title = {H$_2$ formation on interstellar dust grains: the viewpoints of theory, experiments, models and observations},
author = {Valentine Wakelam and Emeric Bron and Stephanie Cazaux and Francois Dulieu and Cécile Gry and Pierre Guillard and Emilie Habart and Liv Hornekær and Sabine Morisset and Gunnar Nyman and Valerio Pirronello and Stephen D. Price and Valeska Valdivia and Gianfranco Vidali and Naoki Watanabe},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.10568},
year = {2017}
}
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Accepted for publication in Molecular Astrophysics