The possibility of nitrogen isotopic fractionation in interstellar clouds |
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| Authors: | R. Terzieva Eric Herbst |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Physics and Chemical Physics Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA;Departments of Physics and Astronomy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA |
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The possibility of nitrogen isotopic fractionation owing to ion–molecule exchange reactions involving the most abundant N-containing species in dense interstellar clouds has been explored. We find that exchange reactions between N atoms and N-containing ions have most influence on the fractionation, although the extent of fractionation is too small to be readily detectable. |
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| Keywords: | molecular processes ISM: abundances ISM: clouds ISM: molecules |
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