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Nature 440, 157-158 (9 March 2006) | doi:10.1038/440157a; Published online 8 March 2006
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Molecular physics: Recombination cool and fast
Benjamin J. McCall1
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Molecular physicists and astrophysicists alike would like to know how fast the H3+ molecular ion recombines with electrons. Fast, seems to be the answer — with an awkward consequence for the astrophysicists.
Every schoolchild knows that, like opposing poles of a magnet, opposite charges attract. But what happens when charged bodies are small enough that the rules of quantum mechanics come to bear, for instance when an electron and a positively charged molecule attract?
- Benjamin J. McCall is in the Departments of Chemistry and Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
Email: bjmccall@uiuc.edu
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