The negligible photodesorption of methanol ice and the active photon-induced desorption of its irradiation products

Gustavo A. Cruz-Diaz, Rafael Martín-Doménech, Guillermo M. Muñoz Caro +1

Methanol is a common component of interstellar and circumstellar ice mantles and is often used as an evolution indicator in star-forming regions. The observations of gas-phase meth…