argonium

English

Etymology

argon +‎ -ium

Noun

argonium (uncountable)

  1. A cation (ArH+) formed by protonation of an argon atom
    • 2015, Holger S.P. Müller, Sébastien Muller, Peter Schilke, Edwin A. Bergin, John H. Black, Maryvonne Gerin, Dariusz C. Lis, David A. Neufeld, Sümeyye Suri, “Detection of extragalactic argonium, ArH , toward PKS~1830 211”, in arXiv‎:
      Our results demonstrate the suitability of argonium as a tracer of the almost purely atomic, diffuse ISM in high-redshift sources.

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