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20052008
most citedDestruction of formic acid by soft X-rays in star-forming regions

50 citations · 166 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

astro-ph2008

Photoproduction of H from gaseous methanol inside dense molecular clouds

S. Pilling, D. P. P. Andrade, A. C. F. Santos +1

We present experimental results obtained from photoionization and photodissociation processes of abundant interstellar methanol (CHOH) as an alternative route for the productio…

astro-ph2006★ 33 cited

Photodissociation of organic molecules in star-forming regions, III. Methanol

S. Pilling, R. Neves, A. C. F. Santos +1

The presence of methyl alcohol or methanol (CHOH) in several astrophysical environments has been characterized by its high abundance that depends on both the production rate an…

astro-ph2006★ 32 cited

Production of H via photodissociation of organic molecules in interstellar clouds

S. Pilling, D. P. P. Andrade, R. Neves +3

We present experimental results obtained from photoionization and photodissociation processes of abundant interstellar CH-X type organic molecules like methanol (CHOH), met…

astro-ph2006★ 22 cited

Ionisation and dissociation of cometary gaseous organic molecules by solar wind particles I: Formic Acid

S. Pilling, A. C. F. Santos, W. Wolff +5

In order to simulate the effects of energetic charged particles present in the solar wind colliding with the cometary gaseous formic acid molecule (HCOOH), laboratory experiments h…

astro-ph2005★ 29 cited

Photodissociation of organic molecules in star-forming regions II: Acetic acid

S. Pilling, A. C. F. Santos, H. M. Boechat-Roberty

Fragments from organic molecule dissociation (such as reactive ions and radicals) can form interstellar complex molecules like amino acids. The goal of this work is to experimental…

astro-ph2005★ 50 cited

Destruction of formic acid by soft X-rays in star-forming regions

H. M. Boechat-Roberty, S. Pilling, A. C. F. Santos

Formic acid is much more abundant in the solid state, both in interstellar ices and cometary ices, than in the interstellar gas (ice/gas ~ 10^{4}) and this point remains a puzzle.…