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view Abstract Citations (67) References Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS The Temperature of Interstellar Matter. II. Spitzer, Lyman, Jr. Abstract The processes which tend to dissipate the kinetic energy of interstellar particles are discussed, and the rate of energy loss for each process is derived in a form suitable for numerical computation of interstellar temperatures. The phenomena considered are: free-free emission by electrons in encounters with protons and H atoms; inelastic encounters of electronswjth atoms and with H2 molecules; excitation of rotational states of H2 molecules by encounters with H atoms and with H2 molecules; and inelastic coffisions of H atoms and H2 molecules with solid grains. Application of these and previous results to the analysis of interstellar temperatures will be made in a subsequent paper Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: May 1949 DOI: 10.1086/145141 Bibcode: 1949ApJ...109..337S full text sources ADS | Related Materials (2) Part 1: 1948ApJ...107....6S Part 3: 1950ApJ...111..593S
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