| Issue |
A&A
Volume 493, Number 2, January II 2009
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|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 687 - 696 | |
| Section | Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810712 | |
| Published online | 20 November 2008 | |
Rotational excitation of formaldehyde by hydrogen molecules: ortho-H2CO at low temperature *,**
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, UMR 5571-CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France e-mail: afaure@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr
Received:
30
July
2008
Accepted:
15
October
2008
Aims. Rate coefficients for the rotational excitation of the ten lowest levels of ortho-
by collisions with H2 molecules are computed for kinetic temperatures in the range 5-100 K.
Methods. Cross sections are obtained from extensive, fully converged, quantum-mechanical scattering calculations using a highly accurate potential energy surface computed at the CCSD(T) level with a basis set extrapolation procedure. Scattering calculations are carried out for H2 molecules in both para and ortho rotational levels.
Results. The present rates are shown to differ significantly from those available in the literature. Moreover, the strength of propensity rules is found to depend on the para/ortho form of H2. Radiative transfer modeling also shows that the new rates have a significant impact on emission line fluxes and that they should be adopted in any detailed radiative transfer model of ortho- in cold environments (T 
30 K).
Key words: molecular data / molecular processes / ISM: molecules
© ESO, 2009
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