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3/26/17 1 Maxwell Boltzmann Distribu:on Number of Par:cles Reduced mass of par:cles with rela:ve speeds v Example Neutral (H or H 2 ) Collision Rates Spitzer Physical Processes in the ISM

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Maxwell  Boltzmann  Distribu:on  Num

ber  o

f  Par:cles   Reduced  mass  of  par:cles  

with  rela:ve  speeds  v  

Example  Neutral  (H  or  H2)  Collision  Rates  

Spitzer  -­‐  Physical  Processes  in  the  ISM  

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Table  of  Collision  Strengths  with  e-­‐  

Spitzer  -­‐  Physical  Processes  in  the  ISM  

Leiden  Collision  Rate  Database  

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Table  of  Ion  Cri:cal  Densi:es  with  e-­‐  

Cri:cal  Densi:es  for  Molecules                    Op#cally  thin  cri#cal  density  for  collisions  with  H2        (Shirley  2015)