MILLIMETER AND SUBMILLIMETER STUDIES OF INTERSTELLAR ICE ANALOGUES

Mesko, A.J.

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Title

MILLIMETER AND SUBMILLIMETER STUDIES OF INTERSTELLAR ICE ANALOGUES

Author(s)

Mesko, A.J.

Contributor(s)

• Widicus Weaver, Susanna L.
• Milam, Stefanie N.
• Smith, Houston Hartwell
• Wagner, Ian C

Issue Date

25-Jun-15

Keyword(s)

Astronomy

Abstract

The chemistry of interstellar ice analogues has been a topic of great interest to astrochemists over the last 20 years. Currently, the models of interstellar chemistry feature icy-grain reactions as a primary mechanism for the formation of many astrochemical species as well as potentially astrobiologically-relevant complex organic molecules. This talk presents new spectral results collected by a millimeter and submillimeter spectrometer coupled to a vacuum chamber designed to study the sublimation or sputtered products of icy-grain reactions initiated by thermal-processing or photo-processing of interstellar ice analogues. Initial results from thermal desorption and UV photoprocessing experiments of pure water ice and water + methanol ice mixtures will be presented.

Publisher

International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

Type of Resource

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Language

English

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