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Vibrationally excited molecular hydrogen in circumstellar clouds and the interstellar CH+ abundance

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The production of CH+ in dense interstellar clouds under intense UV irradiation is discussed. A model applicable to the cloud towards the star 20 Tau is described.

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Freeman, A., Williams, D.A. Vibrationally excited molecular hydrogen in circumstellar clouds and the interstellar CH+ abundance. Astrophys Space Sci 83, 417–422 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00648570

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