About this Research Topic
In addition, this Research Topic will include contributions dealing with the determination of the abundances of these species in the remote space through the assessment of their collision rates with the most abundant astrophysical species (i.e. H, H2, He). In this context, several developments in the field of state-to-state dynamics and their applications to astrophysical problems were reported recently.
The theoretical models supporting the analysis of experimental data from direct astronomical observation of the interstellar medium, planetary atmospheres, or space missions, as well as from the dedicated laboratory studies will be also included. Finally, experimental works on these topics, closely connected to aforementioned theoretical studies, can also be considered.
Keywords: Molecular spectroscopy, Dynamics, Astrophysical media, Theoretical computations, Interplay theory-experiment-observation
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