Photo-desorbed species produced by the UV/EUV irradiation of an H                          2                         O:CO                         2                         :NH                         3                          ice mixture

Y. J. Chen; M. Nuevo; C. C. Chu; Y. G. Fan; T. S. Yih; W. H. Ip; H. S. Fung; C. Y.R. Wu

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Photo-desorbed species produced by the UV/EUV irradiation of an H ₂ O:CO ₂ :NH ₃ ice mixture

Y. J. Chen, M. Nuevo, C. C. Chu, Y. G. Fan, T. S. Yih, W. H. Ip, H. S. Fung, C. Y.R. Wu

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An H ₂ O:CO ₂ :NH ₃ = 1:1:1 ice mixture, used as a model mixture for cometary and interstellar ices, was irradiated with ultraviolet (UV)/extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photons in the broad 4-20 eV (62-310 nm) energy range at 16 K. The desorbed species were detected in situ by mass spectrometry during photo-irradiation, and a quartz microbalance was used as a substrate to measure the mass of material remaining on the surface. The total mass desorption for this H ₂ O:CO ₂ :NH ₃ = 1:1:1 ice mixture at 16 K was measured to be 1.8 × 10 ^-18 μg photon ^-1 , which is comparable to the 1.5 × 10 ^-18 μg photon ^-1 measured for pure H ₂ O ice irradiated under the same conditions. The main desorbed species produced during the photolysis of the ices were H ₂ , NH ₂ ^• , OH ^• , CO, and O ₂ , along with the starting components H ₂ O, NH ₃ , and CO ₂ . We also tentatively assigned minor mass peaks to larger species such as OCN ^• /OCN ^- , HNCO, CH ₄ , H ₂ CO, CH ₃ OH, and HCOOH. This result supports the scenario in which complex organic molecules can be formed in cometary and/or astrophysical ices and desorbed to the gas phase, and helps to better understand the photochemical processes occurring at the surface of Solar System icy bodies such as comets, as well as in cold astrophysical environments such as star-forming regions and protostars.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1633-1644
Number of pages	12
Journal	Advances in Space Research
Volume	47
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2010.12.018
State	Published - 3 May 2011

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Comets
ISM
Ices
Photo-desorption
Prebiotic chemistry

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Chen, Y. J., Nuevo, M., Chu, C. C., Fan, Y. G., Yih, T. S., Ip, W. H., Fung, H. S., & Wu, C. Y. R. (2011). Photo-desorbed species produced by the UV/EUV irradiation of an H ₂ O:CO ₂ :NH ₃ ice mixture Advances in Space Research, 47(9), 1633-1644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2010.12.018

Chen, Y. J. ; Nuevo, M. ; Chu, C. C. et al. / Photo-desorbed species produced by the UV/EUV irradiation of an H ₂ O:CO ₂ :NH ₃ ice mixture In: Advances in Space Research. 2011 ; Vol. 47, No. 9. pp. 1633-1644.

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Chen YJ, Nuevo M, Chu CC, Fan YG, Yih TS, Ip WH et al. Photo-desorbed species produced by the UV/EUV irradiation of an H ₂ O:CO ₂ :NH ₃ ice mixture Advances in Space Research. 2011 May 3;47(9):1633-1644. doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.12.018

Photo-desorbed species produced by the UV/EUV irradiation of an H 2 O:CO 2 :NH 3 ice mixture

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