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Science 16 June 2006:
Vol. 312. no. 5780, pp. 1610 - 1612
DOI: 10.1126/science.1126279
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Perspectives

ASTRONOMY:
A Key Molecular Ion in the Universe and in the Laboratory

T. R. Geballe1* and T. Oka2*

The molecular ion H3 is abundant in interstellar clouds and presents many interesting puzzles in the laboratory. A recent conference explored the current knowledge about this species and its implications for astrophysics.

1T. R. Geballe is at the Gemini Observatory, Hilo, HI 96720, USA. 2T. Oka is in the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. *E-mail: tgeballe{at}gemini.edu (T.R.G.), t-oka{at}uchicago.edu (T.O.)

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