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Proton and electron irradiations of CH4:H2O mixed ices
Duncan V. Mifsud, Péter Herczku, Béla Sulik +7
The organic chemistry occurring in interstellar environments may lead to the production of complex molecules that are relevant to the emergence of life. Therefore, in order to unde…
On the origin of molecular oxygen on the surface of Ganymede
A. Migliorini, Z. Kanuchova, S. Ioppolo +6
Since its first identification on the surface of Ganymede in 1995, molecular oxygen (O2) ice has been at the center of a scientific debate as the surface temperature of the Jovian…
Vacuum ultraviolet photoabsorption spectroscopy of space-related ices: Formation and destruction of solid carbonic acid upon 1~keV electron irradiation
S. Ioppolo, Z. Kanuchová, R. L. James +7
Carbonic acid (H2CO3) is a weak acid relevant to astrobiology which, to date, remains undetected in space. Experimental work has shown that the beta-polymorph of H2CO3 forms under…
The EChO science case
Giovanna Tinetti, Pierre Drossart, Paul Eccleston +347
The discovery of almost 2000 exoplanets has revealed an unexpectedly diverse planet population. Observations to date have shown that our Solar System is certainly not representativ…
An IR study of pure and ion irradiated frozen formamide
John R. Brucato, Giuseppa A. Baratta, Giovanni Strazzulla
Context. The chemical evolution of formamide (HCONH2), a molecule of astrobiological interest that has been tentatively identified in interstellar ices and in cometary coma, has be…
Forsterite Amorphisation by Ion Irradiation: Monitoring by Infrared Spectroscopy
J. R. Brucato, G. Strazzulla, G. Baratta +1
We present experimental results on crystal--amorphous transition of forsterite (Mg2SiO4) silicate under ion irradiation. The aim of this work is to study the structural evolution o…