The possibility of nitrogen isotopic fractionation in interstellar clouds

By R. Terzieva, E. Herbst. 2000

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The End of Interstellar Chemistry as the Origin of Nitrogen in Comets and Meteorites (2002, methodology): “Terzieva & Herbst (2000) also considered fractionation reactions driven by N , as well as isotope exchange reactions involving N2H and N2 (Adams & Smith 1981).”
Astrochemistry and compositions of planetary systems (2020, background): “A similar set of reactions are found in the nitrogen pool that again favor heavy element enrichment at low temperature (Terzieva and Herbst 2000); however, the overall efficacy of various pathways are currently a matter of debate (Roueff et al.”
Identification of isotopically primitive interplanetary dust particles: A NanoSIMS isotopic imaging study (2006, background): “However, recent theoretical work shows that chemical reactions in dense molecular clouds can produce elevated 15N/14N ratios (Terzieva and Herbst, 2000; Charnley and Rodgers, 2002).”
The nature of molecular cloud material in interplanetary dust (2004, background): “Ion-molecule reactions in cold clouds are predicted to enrich NH3 in (15)N (Terzieva and Herbst, 2000), and this mechanism provides a pathway for (15)N enrichment in the IDP aromatic hydrocarbons.”