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Photodestruction of Relevant Interstellar Molecules in Ice Mixtures

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Hervé Cottin1, Marla H. Moore2 and Yves Bénilan1

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UV photodestruction of some interstellar molecules is studied in different kinds of ices. CH4, CH3OH, NH3, CO2, CO, and HNCO are photolyzed as pure ices, or mixed with water or molecular nitrogen, at about 10 K. The destruction cross sections of these molecules are estimated for use in photochemical models of interstellar ices. We show that the destruction rate depends on the ice in which the studied compound is embedded.


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astrochemistry; ISM: molecules; methods: laboratory; molecular processes; ultraviolet: ISM


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Issue 2 (2003 June 20)

Received 2002 December 23, accepted for publication 2003 March 3



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