Study of the photon-induced formation and subsequent desorption of CH3 OH and H2 CO in interstellar ice analogs

R. Martín-Doménech, G. M. Muñoz Caro, G. A. Cruz-Díaz

Methanol and formaldehyde are two simple organic molecules that are ubiquitously detected in the interstellar medium. An origin in the solid phase and a subsequent nonthermal desor…