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Recreating Interstellar Ions with Lasers

1. Mechanisms and time-resolved dynamics for trihydrogen cation (H3 ) formation from organic molecules in strong laser fields. Scientific Reports, 2017; 7 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04666-w 2. MSU's Marcos Dantus has recreated interstellar ions with lasers. Credit: Courtesy of MSU

1. Mechanisms and time-resolved dynamics for trihydrogen cation (H3 ) formation from organic molecules in strong laser fields. Scientific Reports, 2017; 7 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04666-w
2. MSU’s Marcos Dantus has recreated interstellar ions with lasers.
Credit: Courtesy of MSU

Trihydrogen, H3+, is called the molecule that made the universe, where it plays a greater role in astrochemistry than any other molecule. While H3+ is astronomically abundant, no scientist understood the mechanisms that form it from organic molecules. Until now. Using lasers, Michigan State University scientists have unlocked the secret and published their results in the current issue of Scientific Reports...

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