Isomer-specific excitation of formic acid in collisions with helium atoms

2026/01/01 by Karina Sogomonyan, Anzhela Veselinova-Marinova, François Lique +1 · 1 voice
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Chemical Physics Studies #Astrochemistry #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Excitation #Formic acid #Helium #Interstellar medium #Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure

paper · pdf · open access · doi:10.1039/d6cp01489e

published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (Royal Society of Chemistry)

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Abstract

demonstrate similar propensity rules for both isomers. Quantitative differences between the cross sections associated with the two rotamers are also discussed.

Discussions

• Isomer-specific excitation of formic acid in collisions with helium atoms Sogomonyan et al. arXiv arxiv.org/abs/2607.14985 [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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