Photochemistry Of Interstellar Ice Forming Complex Organic Molecules

Processes expected to play a role in interstellar ice are simulated in the laboratory. Energetic photons and ions lead to fragmentation or desorption of molecules from the ice. The end result is the synthesis of complex organic molecules (COMs) that remain in the dust, and may occasionally desorb during irradiation, or later upon warm-up as […]
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