An interstellar line coincident with the P(2,l)transition of hydronium (H3O+)

@article{Hollis1986AnIL,
  title={An interstellar line coincident with the P(2,l)transition of hydronium (H3O+)},
  author={J. M. Hollis and E. Churchwell and E. Herbst and F. D. Lucia},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1986},
  volume={322},
  pages={524-526}
}
  • J. M. Hollis, E. Churchwell, +1 author F. D. Lucia
  • Published 1986
  • Chemistry
  • Nature
    • Gas-phase interstellar chemistry is thought to be dominated by ion–molecule reactions. Neutral molecular species abound in the dense interstellar clouds, but only seven molecular ions have been detected. Hydronium (H3O+) is predicted in all ion–molecule reactions1–3 to be an abundant molecular ion, forming OH and H2O by dissociative electron recombination reactions. Here we report the detection, towards the Orion-KL nebula, of a weak emission spectral line coincident in frequency with the P(2,l… CONTINUE READING
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