Stimulated radiative association of Li and H in the early universe

被引:71
作者
Stancil, PC [1 ]
Dalgarno, A [1 ]
机构
[1] HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CTR ASTROPHYS,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
关键词
atomic processes; cosmic microwave background; early universe;
D O I
10.1086/303920
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The enhancement of the rate coefficient for the radiative association of Li and H to form LiH arising from stimulated emission by the cosmic background radiation field is calculated. It is shown that the effect on the fractional abundance of LiH in the early universe for redshifts z between 1000 and 10 is small.
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