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Collisional excitation of interstellar molecules

IV. l-doublet transitions of HCN

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A normalised perturbative theory is used to compute the rates for alll-doublet transitions of hydrogen cyanide in the (0110) state having 4≤J≤16 perturbed by H2 and He. Wherever the experimental data are available, they are in good agreement with the theoretical values.

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  1. Department of Physics, Marathwada University, 431004, Aurangabad, India

    Mukund L. Kurtadikar & Suresh C. Mehrotra

  2. Department of Physics, J.E.S. College, 431203, Jalna, India

    Mukund L. Kurtadikar

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Kurtadikar, M.L., Mehrotra, S.C. Collisional excitation of interstellar molecules. Astrophys Space Sci 197, 3–15 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00645068

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