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Libert A, Roucou A, Hays B, Glorieux R, Robert S, Fabre B, Kassi S, Urbain X, Lauzin C. Assignment of the methanol OH-stretch overtone spectrum using the pattern recognition method. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:16505-16513. [PMID: 38812442 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00757c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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We present the measurement and analysis of the 2OH stretching band of methanol between 7165 cm-1 and 7230 cm-1 cooled down to 26 ± 12 K in a buffer gas cooling experiment. Measurements were performed with a cavity ring-down spectrometer having a detection limit αmin = 2 × 10-10 cm-1. A total of 350 rovibrational transitions were assigned and 62 rovibrational transitions were tentatively assigned. This assignment was performed using the pattern recognition method developed by Rakvoský et al. [Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 20193-20200]. In this work, we extended their method by using information on the relative intensities of the transitions to add one criterion to the validation of the assignments, allowing us to firmly assign 188 additional rovibrational transitions and to tentatively assign 14 more compared to the ir work.
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- Alexis Libert
- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Université catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
- Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, B-1180 Uccle, Belgium
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Université catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
- Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, UR4493, 189A Avenue Maurice Schumann, 59140 Dunkerque, France
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Université catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
- Université de Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Université catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
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- Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, B-1180 Uccle, Belgium
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA, UMR5107, F33405 Talence, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy, Grenoble, France
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Université catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Université catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
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Martinez-Bachs B, Anguera-Gonzalez A, Pareras G, Rimola A. Formation of Methanol via Fischer-Tropsch Catalysis by Cosmic Iron Sulphide. Chemphyschem 2024:e202400272. [PMID: 38805153 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202400272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2024] [Revised: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/28/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Chemical reactions in the gas phase of the interstellar medium face significant challenges due to its extreme conditions (i. e., low gas densities and temperatures), necessitating the presence of dust grains to facilitate the synthesis of molecules inaccessible in the gas phase. While interstellar grains are known to enhance encounter rates and dissipate energy from exothermic reactions, their potential as chemical catalysts remain less explored. Here, we present mechanistic insights into the Fischer-Tropsch-type methanol (FTT-CH3OH) synthesis by reactivity of CO with H2 and using cosmic FeS surfaces as heterogeneous catalysts. Periodic quantum chemical calculations were employed to characterize the potential energy surface of the reactions on the (011) and (001) FeS surfaces, considering different Fe coordination environments and S vacancies. Kinetic calculations were also conducted to assess catalytic capacity and allocate reaction processes within the astrochemical framework. Our findings demonstrate the feasibility of FeS-based astrocatalysis in the FTT-CH3OH synthesis. The reactions and their energetics were elucidated from a mechanistic standpoint. Kinetic analysis demonstrates the temperature dependency of the simulated processes, underscoring the compulsory need of energy sources considering the astrophysical scenario. Our results provide insights into the presence of CH3OH in diverse regions where current models struggle to explain its observational quantity.
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- Berta Martinez-Bachs
- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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Dagdigian PJ. Interaction of methanol with molecular hydrogen: Ab initio potential energy surface and scattering calculations. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:114302. [PMID: 37712787 DOI: 10.1063/5.0170594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023] Open
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The potential energy surface (PES) describing the interaction of the methanol molecule with molecular hydrogen has been calculated by the use of the explicitly correlated coupled cluster method, including single, double, and (perturbative) triple excitations [CCSD(T)-F12a] and a correlation-consistent aug-cc-pVTZ basis, with the assumption of fixed molecular geometries. The computed points were fit to a functional form appropriate for time-independent quantum scattering calculations of rotationally inelastic cross sections and rate coefficients. Stationary points on the PES were located, and the global minimum was found to have an energy equal to -254.7 cm-1 relative to the energy of the separated molecules. This PES was used in time-independent close coupling quantum scattering calculations to determine state-to-state cross sections and rate coefficients for rotational transitions within the A- and E-type nuclear spin torsional ground states.
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- Paul J Dagdigian
- Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218-2685, USA
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Bertin M, Basalgète R, Ocaña AJ, Féraud G, Romanzin C, Philippe L, Michaut X, Fillion JH. Vacuum UV photodesorption of organics in the interstellar medium: an experimental study of formic acid HCOOH and methyl formate HCOOCH 3-containing ices. Faraday Discuss 2023; 245:488-507. [PMID: 37309601 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd00004d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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Being a potential process that could explain gas phase abundances of so-called complex organic molecules (COMs) in the cold interstellar medium (ISM), the UV photon-induced desorption from organics-containing molecular ices has been experimentally studied. In this work, we focused on the observation of the photodesorbed products and the measurement of the associated photodesorption yields from pure and mixed molecular ices, each containing organic molecules whose detection has been achieved in the gas phase of the cold ISM, namely formic acid HCOOH and methyl formate HCOOCH3. Each molecule, in pure ice or in ice mixed with CO or water, was irradiated at 15 K with monochromatic vacuum UV photons in the 7-14 eV range using synchrotron radiation from the SOLEIL synchrotron facility, DESIRS beamline. Photodesorption yields of the intact molecules and of the photoproducts were derived as a function of the incident photon energy. Experiments have revealed that the desorbing species match the photodissociation pattern of each isolated molecule, with little influence of the kind of ice (pure or mixed in CO or H2O-rich environment). For both species, the photodesorption of the intact organics is found to be negligible in our experimental conditions, resulting in yields typically below 10-5 ejected molecules per incident photon. The results obtained on HCOOH and HCOOCH3-containing ices are similar to what has already been found for methanol-containing ices, but contrast with the case of another complex molecule, CH3CN, photodesorption of which has been recently studied. Such experimental results may be linked to the observation of COMs in protoplanetary disks, in which CH3CN is commonly observed whereas HCOOH or methanol are detected only in some sources, HCOOCH3 not being detected at all.
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- Mathieu Bertin
- Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris, PSL University, CNRS, LERMA, F-75005, Paris, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris, PSL University, CNRS, LERMA, F-75005, Paris, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris, PSL University, CNRS, LERMA, F-75005, Paris, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris, PSL University, CNRS, LERMA, F-75005, Paris, France.
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- Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS UMR 8000, ICP, F-91405, Orsay, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris, PSL University, CNRS, LERMA, F-75005, Paris, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris, PSL University, CNRS, LERMA, F-75005, Paris, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris, PSL University, CNRS, LERMA, F-75005, Paris, France.
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Ceccarelli C. Spiers Memorial Lecture: Astrochemistry at high resolution. Faraday Discuss 2023; 245:11-51. [PMID: 37403476 PMCID: PMC10510039 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd00106g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
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Astrochemistry is the science that studies the chemistry in the Universe, namely the combination of two fields: astronomy and chemistry. It started about fifty years ago and it has progressed in leaps and bounds, often triggered by the advent of new telescopes. From the collection of new interstellar molecule detections, astrochemistry has evolved more and more in the quest to understand how they are formed and thrive in the harsh conditions of the interstellar medium. Collaboration between astronomers and chemists has never been more necessary than today, when new powerful astronomical facilities provide us with ever sharper images of the regions where interstellar molecules are present. This review focuses on the special case of interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs), one the most debated astrochemical fields and where the astronomers-chemists collaboration and synergy is indispensable. The review will go through the various phases of the formation of planetary system similar to the solar system, providing the most recent observational picture at each step. The current scenarios of the iCOMs formation will be laid down and the critical chemical processes and quantities involved in each of them will be discussed. The major goal of this review is not only to present the progress but, more importantly, to highlight the many areas of uncertainty. A few specific cases will be discussed to give practical examples of why the huge challenge that represents the formation of iCOMs can only be won if chemists and astronomers work together.
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Richardson V, Valença Ferreira de Aragão E, He X, Pirani F, Mancini L, Faginas-Lago N, Rosi M, Martini LM, Ascenzi D. Fragmentation of interstellar methanol by collisions with He˙ +: an experimental and computational study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:22437-22452. [PMID: 36102850 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02458f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Methanol is a key species in astrochemistry as its presence and reactivity provides a primary route to the synthesis of more complex interstellar organic molecules (iCOMs) that may eventually be incorporated in newly formed planetary systems. In the interstellar medium, methanol is formed by hydrogenation of CO ices on grains, and its fate upon collisions with interstellar ions should be accounted for to correctly model iCOM abundances in objects at various stages of stellar evolution. The absolute cross sections (CSs) and branching ratios (BRs) for the collisions of He˙+ ions with CH3OH are measured, as a function of the collision energy, using a Guided Ion Beam Mass Spectrometer (GIB-MS). Insights into the dissociative electron (charge) exchange mechanism have been obtained by computing the entrance and exit multidimensional Potential Energy Surfaces (PESs) and by modelling the non-adiabatic transitions using an improved Landau-Zener-Stückelberg approach. Notably, the dynamical treatment reproducing the experimental findings includes a strong orientation effect of the system formed by the small He˙+ ion and the highly polar CH3OH molecule, in the electric field gradient associated to the strongly anisotropic intermolecular interaction. This is a stereodynamical effect that plays a fundamental role in collision events occurring under a variety of conditions, with kinetic energy confined within intervals ranging from the sub-thermal to the hyper-thermal regime.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, Università degli studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy.,Master-Tec s.r.l., Via Sicilia 41, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, Università degli studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy.,Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Università degli studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, Università degli studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, Università degli studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy.,Master-Tec s.r.l., Via Sicilia 41, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Università degli studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Wilkins OH, Blake GA. Relationship between CH 3OD Abundance and Temperature in the Orion KL Nebula. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:6473-6482. [PMID: 36000316 PMCID: PMC9514801 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c01309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The relative abundances of singly deuterated methanol
isotopologues,
[CH2DOH]/[CH3OD], in star-forming regions deviate
from the statistically expected ratio of 3. In Orion KL, the nearest
high-mass star-forming region to Earth, the singly deuterated methanol
ratio is about 1, and the cause for this observation has been explored
through theory for nearly three decades. We present high-angular resolution
observations of Orion KL using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter
Array to map small-scale changes in CH3OD column density
across the nebula, which provide a new avenue to examine the deuterium
chemistry during star and planet formation. By considering how CH3OD column densities vary with temperature, we find evidence
of chemical processes that can significantly alter the observed gas-phase
column densities. The astronomical data are compared with existing
theoretical work and support D–H exchange between CH3OH and heavy water (i.e., HDO and D2O) at methanol’s
hydroxyl site in the icy mantles of dust grains. The enhanced CH3OD column densities are localized to the Hot Core-SW region,
a pattern that may be linked to the coupled evolution of ice mantle
chemistry and star formation in giant molecular clouds. This work
provides new perspectives on deuterated methanol chemistry in Orion
KL and informs considerations that may guide future theoretical, experimental,
and observational work.
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- Olivia H Wilkins
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States.,Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Turrini D, Codella C, Danielski C, Fedele D, Fonte S, Garufi A, Guarcello MG, Helled R, Ikoma M, Kama M, Kimura T, Kruijssen JMD, Maldonado J, Miguel Y, Molinari S, Nikolaou A, Oliva F, Panić O, Pignatari M, Podio L, Rickman H, Schisano E, Shibata S, Vazan A, Wolkenberg P. Exploring the link between star and planet formation with Ariel. EXPERIMENTAL ASTRONOMY 2021; 53:225-278. [PMID: 35673554 PMCID: PMC9166885 DOI: 10.1007/s10686-021-09754-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The goal of the Ariel space mission is to observe a large and diversified population of transiting planets around a range of host star types to collect information on their atmospheric composition. The planetary bulk and atmospheric compositions bear the marks of the way the planets formed: Ariel's observations will therefore provide an unprecedented wealth of data to advance our understanding of planet formation in our Galaxy. A number of environmental and evolutionary factors, however, can affect the final atmospheric composition. Here we provide a concise overview of which factors and effects of the star and planet formation processes can shape the atmospheric compositions that will be observed by Ariel, and highlight how Ariel's characteristics make this mission optimally suited to address this very complex problem.
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- Diego Turrini
- Institute of Space Astrophysics and Planetology INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Rome, Italy
- INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Via Osservatorio 20, I-10025 Pino Torinese, Italy
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- INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, I-50127 Firenze, Italy
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomía s/n, 18008 Granada, Spain
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- INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Via Osservatorio 20, I-10025 Pino Torinese, Italy
- INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, I-50127 Firenze, Italy
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- Institute of Space Astrophysics and Planetology INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, I-50127 Firenze, Italy
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- Institute for Computational Science, Center for Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT UK
- Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu, Observatooriumi 1, 61602 Tõravere, Estonia
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Mönchhofstraße 12-14, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo, Piazza del Parlamento 1, I-90134 Palermo, Italy
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- Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333CA Leiden, The Netherlands
- SRON - Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, NL-3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Space Astrophysics and Planetology INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, Rome, 00185 Italy
- European Space Agency, ESRIN, ESA Φ-lab, Largo Galileo Galilei 1, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Institute of Space Astrophysics and Planetology INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, E. C. Stoner Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
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- E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Physics, Mathematics, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX UK
- Konkoly Observatory, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Konkoly Thege Miklos ut 15-17, H-1121 Budapest, Hungary
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics - Center for the Evolution of the Elements & NuGrid Collaboration, www.nugridstars.org, Notre Dame, USA
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- INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, I-50127 Firenze, Italy
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- Centrum Badań Kosmicznykh Polskiej Akademii Nauk (CBK PAN), Bartycka 18A, 00-716 Warszawa, Poland
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- Institute of Space Astrophysics and Planetology INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Department of Natural Sciences and Astrophysics Research Center of the Open university (ARCO), The Open University of Israel, 4353701 Raanana, Israel
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- Institute of Space Astrophysics and Planetology INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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Lange E, Lozano AI, Jones NC, Hoffmann SV, Kumar S, Śmiałek MA, Duflot D, Brunger MJ, Limão-Vieira P. Absolute Photoabsorption Cross-Sections of Methanol for Terrestrial and Astrophysical Relevance. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:8496-8508. [PMID: 32941031 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c06615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
We investigate the methanol absorption spectrum in the range 5.5-10.8 eV to provide accurate and absolute cross-sections values. The main goal of this study is to provide a comprehensive analysis of methanol electronic-state spectroscopy by employing high-resolution vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photoabsorption measurements together with state-of-the-art quantum chemical calculation methods. The VUV spectrum reveals several new features that are not previously reported in literature, for n > 3 in the transitions (nsσ(a') ← (2a″)) (1A' ← X̃1A') and (nsσ, npσ, npσ', ndσ ← (7a')) (1A' ← X̃1A'), and with particular relevance to vibrational progressions of the CH3 rocking mode, v11'(a″), mode in the (3pπ(a″) ← (2a″)) (21A' ← X̃1A') absorption band at 8.318 eV. The measured absolute photoabsorption cross-sections have subsequently been used to calculate the photolysis lifetime of methanol in the Earth's atmosphere from the ground level up to the limit of the stratosphere (50 km altitude). This shows that solar photolysis plays a negligible role in the removal of methanol from the lower atmosphere compared with competing sink mechanisms. Torsional potential energy scans, as a function of the internal rotation angle for the ground and first Rydberg states, have also been calculated as part of this investigation.
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- Emanuele Lange
- Atomic and Molecular Collisions Laboratory, CEFITEC, Department of Physics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica 2829-516, Portugal
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- Atomic and Molecular Collisions Laboratory, CEFITEC, Department of Physics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica 2829-516, Portugal
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- ISA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, Århus C DK-8000, Denmark
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- ISA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, Århus C DK-8000, Denmark
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- Atomic and Molecular Collisions Laboratory, CEFITEC, Department of Physics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica 2829-516, Portugal
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- Department of Control and Power Engineering, Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gabriela Narutowicza 11/12, Gdańsk 80-233, Poland
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- UMR 8523 - Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, Univ. Lille, Lille F-59000, France.,CNRS, UMR 8523, Lille F-59000, France
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia.,Department of Actuarial Science and Applied Statistics, Faculty of Business and Management, UCSI, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
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- Atomic and Molecular Collisions Laboratory, CEFITEC, Department of Physics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica 2829-516, Portugal
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Okada K, Sakimoto K, Takada Y, Schuessler HA. A study of the translational temperature dependence of the reaction rate constant between CH 3CN and Ne + at low temperatures. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:124305. [PMID: 33003759 DOI: 10.1063/5.0013807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We have measured the translational temperature dependence of the reaction rate constant for CH3CN + Ne+ → products at low temperatures. A cold Ne+ ensemble was embedded in Ca+ Coulomb crystals by a sympathetic laser cooling technique, while cold acetonitrile (CH3CN) molecules were produced by two types of Stark velocity filters to widely change the translational temperatures. The measured reaction rate constant gradually increases with the decrease in the translational temperature of the velocity-selected CH3CN molecules from 60 K down to 2 K, and thereby, a steep increase was observed at temperatures lower than 5 K. A comparison between experimental rate constants and the ion-dipole capture rate constants by the Perturbed Rotational State (PRS) theory was performed. The PRS capture rate constant reproduces well the reaction rate constant at a few kelvin but not for temperatures higher than 5 K. The result indicates that the reaction probability is small compared to typical ion-polar molecule reactions at temperatures above 5 K.
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- Kunihiro Okada
- Department of Physics, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA
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Messinger JP, Gupta D, Cooke IR, Okumura M, Sims IR. Rate Constants of the CN + Toluene Reaction from 15 to 294 K and Interstellar Implications. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:7950-7958. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c06900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Joseph P. Messinger
- Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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X-ray processing of a realistic ice mantle can explain the gas abundances in protoplanetary disks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:16149-16153. [PMID: 32606247 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2005225117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The Atacama Large Millimeter Array has allowed a detailed observation of molecules in protoplanetary disks, which can evolve toward solar systems like our own. While CO, [Formula: see text], HCO, and [Formula: see text] are often abundant species in the cold zones of the disk, [Formula: see text] or [Formula: see text] are only found in a few regions, and more-complex organic molecules are not observed. We simulate, experimentally, ice processing in disks under realistic conditions, that is, layered ices irradiated by soft X-rays. X-ray emission from young solar-type stars is thousands of times brighter than that of today's sun. The ice mantle is composed of a [Formula: see text]:[Formula: see text]:[Formula: see text] mixture, covered by a layer made of [Formula: see text] and CO. The photoproducts found desorbing from both ice layers to the gas phase during the irradiation converge with those detected in higher abundances in the gas phase of protoplanetary disks, providing important insights on the nonthermal processes that drive the chemistry in these objects.
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Grundy WM, Bird MK, Britt DT, Cook JC, Cruikshank DP, Howett CJA, Krijt S, Linscott IR, Olkin CB, Parker AH, Protopapa S, Ruaud M, Umurhan OM, Young LA, Dalle Ore CM, Kavelaars JJ, Keane JT, Pendleton YJ, Porter SB, Scipioni F, Spencer JR, Stern SA, Verbiscer AJ, Weaver HA, Binzel RP, Buie MW, Buratti BJ, Cheng A, Earle AM, Elliott HA, Gabasova L, Gladstone GR, Hill ME, Horanyi M, Jennings DE, Lunsford AW, McComas DJ, McKinnon WB, McNutt RL, Moore JM, Parker JW, Quirico E, Reuter DC, Schenk PM, Schmitt B, Showalter MR, Singer KN, Weigle GE, Zangari AM. Color, composition, and thermal environment of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth. Science 2020; 367:science.aay3705. [PMID: 32054693 DOI: 10.1126/science.aay3705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The outer Solar System object (486958) Arrokoth (provisional designation 2014 MU69) has been largely undisturbed since its formation. We studied its surface composition using data collected by the New Horizons spacecraft. Methanol ice is present along with organic material, which may have formed through irradiation of simple molecules. Water ice was not detected. This composition indicates hydrogenation of carbon monoxide-rich ice and/or energetic processing of methane condensed on water ice grains in the cold, outer edge of the early Solar System. There are only small regional variations in color and spectra across the surface, which suggests that Arrokoth formed from a homogeneous or well-mixed reservoir of solids. Microwave thermal emission from the winter night side is consistent with a mean brightness temperature of 29 ± 5 kelvin.
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- W M Grundy
- Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA. .,Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
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- Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, University of Bonn, D-53121 Bonn, Germany.,Rheinisches Institut für Umweltforschung, Universität zu Köln, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
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- Pinhead Institute, Telluride, CO 81435, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.,Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.,Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
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- National Research Council, Victoria, BC V9E 2E7, Canada.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.,Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78238, USA
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- Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78238, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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- Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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- Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX 77058, USA
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- Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Big Head Endian LLC, Leawood, KS 67019, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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Gupta D, Cheikh Sid Ely S, Cooke IR, Guillaume T, Abdelkader Khedaoui O, Hearne TS, Hays BM, Sims IR. Low Temperature Kinetics of the Reaction Between Methanol and the CN Radical. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:9995-10003. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b08472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Divita Gupta
- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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Kayanuma M, Shoji M, Furuya K, Kamiya K, Aikawa Y, Umemura M, Shigeta Y. First-Principles Study of the Reaction Mechanism of CHO + H on Graphene Surface. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:5633-5639. [PMID: 31244121 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b02345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Many organic molecules observed in the interstellar medium are considered to be formed on dust grains and populated into the gas phase. We analyzed the reaction of HCO + H on a graphene surface using ab initio molecular dynamics simulations as a case study of the formation and desorption of organic molecules on interstellar dust particles. During the reactions of chemisorbed CHO (chemisorbed at the C atom) with free H, CO was generated and efficiently desorbed from the surface. These results suggest that the reactions, of which the reactant forms a covalent bond with the surface while the product does not, cause efficient desorption of the product upon reaction. In such reactions a repulsive force between the product and the surface would be generated and accelerate translation of the product in a specific direction. In addition, it was also shown that the branching ratio of the reactions between radical species on the surface would be affected by the form of the adsorption on the surface, e.g., when a free H reacted with the CHO chemisorbed at the C atom, CH2O was not generated.
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- Megumi Kayanuma
- Research Center for Computational Design of Advanced Functional Materials , National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology , Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8568 , Japan.,Center for Computational Sciences , University of Tsukuba , 1-1-1 Tennodai , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8577 , Japan
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- Center for Computational Sciences , University of Tsukuba , 1-1-1 Tennodai , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8577 , Japan
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- Center for Computational Sciences , University of Tsukuba , 1-1-1 Tennodai , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8577 , Japan
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- Center for Basic Education and Integrated Learning , Kanagawa Institute of Technology , 1030 Shimoogino , Atsugi , Kanagawa 243-0292 , Japan
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- Department of Astronomy , The University of Tokyo , 7-3-1 Hongo , Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo 113-0033 , Japan
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- Center for Computational Sciences , University of Tsukuba , 1-1-1 Tennodai , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8577 , Japan
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- Center for Computational Sciences , University of Tsukuba , 1-1-1 Tennodai , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8577 , Japan.,Institute of Space and Astronautical Science , Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency , 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku , Sagamihara , Kanagawa 252-0222 , Japan
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2018 Census of Interstellar, Circumstellar, Extragalactic, Protoplanetary Disk, and Exoplanetary Molecules. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/aae5d2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 281] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Agúndez M, Roueff E, Le Petit F, Le Bourlot J. The chemistry of disks around T Tauri and Herbig Ae/Be stars. ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS 2018; 616:A19. [PMID: 30185991 PMCID: PMC6120683 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201732518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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CONTEXT Infrared and (sub-)mm observations of disks around T Tauri and Herbig Ae/Be stars point to a chemical differentiation between both types of disks, with a lower detection rate of molecules in disks around hotter stars. AIMS To investigate the underlying causes of the chemical differentiation indicated by observations we perform a comparative study of the chemistry of T Tauri and Herbig Ae/Be disks. This is one of the first studies to compare chemistry in the outer regions of these two types of disks. METHODS We developed a model to compute the chemical composition of a generic protoplanetary disk, with particular attention to the photochemistry, and applied it to a T Tauri and a Herbig Ae/Be disk. We compiled cross sections and computed photodissociation and photoionization rates at each location in the disk by solving the FUV radiative transfer in a 1+1D approach using the Meudon PDR code and adopting observed stellar spectra. RESULTS The warmer disk temperatures and higher ultraviolet flux of Herbig stars compared to T Tauri stars induce some differences in the disk chemistry. In the hot inner regions, H2O, and simple organic molecules like C2H2, HCN, and CH4 are predicted to be very abundant in T Tauri disks and even more in Herbig Ae/Be disks, in contrast with infrared observations that find a much lower detection rate of water and simple organics toward disks around hotter stars. In the outer regions, the model indicates that the molecules typically observed in disks, like HCN, CN, C2H, H2CO, CS, SO, and HCO+, do not have drastic abundance differences between T Tauri and Herbig Ae disks. Some species produced under the action of photochemistry, like C2H and CN, are predicted to have slightly lower abundances around Herbig Ae stars due to a narrowing of the photochemically active layer. Observations indeed suggest that these radicals are somewhat less abundant in Herbig Ae disks, although in any case the inferred abundance differences are small, of a factor of a few at most. A clear chemical differentiation between both types of disks concerns ices. Owing to the warmer temperatures of Herbig Ae disks, one expects snowlines lying farther away from the star and a lower mass of ices compared to T Tauri disks. CONCLUSIONS The global chemical behavior of T Tauri and Herbig Ae/Be disks is quite similar. The main differences are driven by the warmer temperatures of the latter, which result in a larger reservoir or water and simple organics in the inner regions and a lower mass of ices in the outer disk.
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- Marcelino Agúndez
- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, C/ Serrano 123, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, LERMA, F-92190 Meudon, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, LERMA, F-92190 Meudon, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, LERMA, F-92190 Meudon, France
- Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, F-75013 Paris, France
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Karsili TNV, Fennimore MA, Matsika S. Electron-induced origins of prebiotic building blocks of sugars: mechanism of self-reactions of a methanol anion dimer. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:12599-12607. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp00148k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Reactions of methanol dimers in interstellar medium driven by low energy irradiation may lead to prebiotic precursors.
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Deuterium Fractionation upon the Formation of Hexamethylenetetramines through Photochemical Reactions of Interstellar Ice Analogs Containing Deuterated Methanol Isotopologues. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8ea5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bockelée-Morvan D, Biver N. The composition of cometary ices. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2017; 375:rsta.2016.0252. [PMID: 28554972 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2016.0252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The chemical composition of cometary ices provides clues for the conditions of formation and evolution of the early Solar System. A large number of molecules have been identified in cometary atmospheres, from both ground-based observations and space, including in situ investigations. This includes large organic molecules, which are also observed in star-forming regions. This paper presents a review of molecular abundances measured in cometary atmospheres from remote sensing observations with ground-based and space-based telescopes. The diversity of composition observed in comet populations is presented and discussed.This article is part of the themed issue 'Cometary science after Rosetta'.
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- D Bockelée-Morvan
- LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France
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- LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France
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Hamlin TA, Poater J, Fonseca Guerra C, Bickelhaupt FM. B-DNA model systems in non-terran bio-solvents: implications for structure, stability and replication. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:16969-16978. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp01908d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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We have computationally analyzed a comprehensive series of Watson–Crick and mismatched B-DNA base pairs, in the gas phase and in several solvents, including toluene, chloroform, ammonia, methanol and water, using dispersion-corrected density functional theory and implicit solvation.
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- Trevor A. Hamlin
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- NL-1081 HV Amsterdam
- The Netherlands
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgánica & Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB)
- Universitat de Barcelona
- 08028 Barcelona
- Spain
- ICREA
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- NL-1081 HV Amsterdam
- The Netherlands
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- NL-1081 HV Amsterdam
- The Netherlands
- Institute of Molecules and Materials
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