Rate coefficients in astrochemistry : proceedings of a conference held at UMIST, Manchester, U.K., September 21-24, 1987

Theory of Reactive Collisions at Low Temperatures.- Radiative Association.- Dissociative Recombination: Polyatomic Positive Ion Reactions with Electrons and Negative Ions.- Photodissociation and Photoionisation Processes.- Radiative Pumping and Collisional Excitation of Molecules in Diffuse Interstellar Clouds.- Charge Transfer in Astrophysical Plasmas.- Experimental Measurements of the Rate Constants for Neutral-Neutral Reactions.- Polycarbon and Hydrocarbon Ions and Molecules in Space.- Studies of Ion-Molecule Reactions at T < 80 K.- Drift Tube Studies of Ion-Neutral Reactions and their Relevance to Interstellar Chemistry.- Laboratory Studies of Dissociative Recombination and Mutual Neutralisation and their Relevance to Interstellar Chemistry.- Chemical Pathways from Atomic Silicon Ions to Silicon Carbides and Oxides.- Chemical Pathways for Deuterium Fractionation in Interstellar Molecules.- Diffuse Cloud Chemistry.- Dense Interstellar Cloud Chemistry.- Hot Molecular Cores: A Case for Accretion.- Chemistry in Shocked Interstellar Gas.- Dynamical Models of the Chemistry in Interstellar Clouds.- Chemistry in Expanding Circumstellar Envelopes.- Condensation calculations in Circumstellar Shells for Different C/O Ratios.- Chemistry in Primary T Tauri Winds.- The Photochemistry of Planetary Atmospheres.- The UMIST Rate File for Astrochemistry.- Name Index.