Molecular Hydrogen in Diffuse Interstellar Clouds of Arbitrary Three‐dimensional Geometry
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Molecular Hydrogen in Diffuse Interstellar Clouds of Arbitrary Three-Dimensional Geometry
We have constructed three-dimensional models for the equilibrium abundance of molecular hydrogen within diffuse interstellar clouds of arbitrary geometry that are illuminated by ultraviolet radiation. The position-dependent photodissociation rate of H2 within such clouds was computed using a 26-ray approximation to model the attenuation of the incident ultraviolet radiation field by dust and by...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Astrophysical Journal
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0004-637X,1538-4357
DOI: 10.1086/304366