LIDA: the Leiden ice database for astrochemistry

WRM Rocha, MG Rachid, B Olsthoorn… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. High-quality vibrational spectra of solid-phase molecules in ice mixtures and for
temperatures of astrophysical relevance are needed to interpret infrared observations …

Density and infrared band strength of interstellar carbon monoxide (CO) ice analogues

C González Díaz, H Carrascosa… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The motivation to study experimentally CO ice under mimicked interstellar conditions is
supported by the large CO gas abundances and ubiquitous presence of CO in icy grain …

X-ray versus ultraviolet irradiation of astrophysical ice analogs leading to formation of complex organic molecules

GM Munoz Caro, A Ciaravella… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In astrochemistry, complex organic molecules (COMs) are defined as species with at least
one C atom and six or more atoms in total. More than 70 COMs were detected toward …

Key Parameters Controlling the Photodesorption Yield in Interstellar CO Ice Analogs: The Influence of Ice Deposition Temperature and Thickness

NE Sie, YT Cho, CH Huang, GMM Caro… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The overabundance of gas molecules in the coldest regions of space points to a nonthermal
desorption process. Laboratory simulations show the efficient desorption of CO ice that is …

Physical properties of methanol (CH3OH) ice as a function of temperature: density, infrared band strengths, and crystallization

H Carrascosa, MÁ Satorre, B Escribano… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The presence of methanol among the common ice components in interstellar clouds and
protostellar envelopes has been confirmed by the James Webb Space Telescope (McClure …

Photon-induced desorption of larger species in UV-irradiated methane ice

H Carrascosa, GA Cruz-Díaz… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
At the low temperatures found in the interior of dense clouds and circumstellar regions,
along with H2O and smaller amounts of species such as CO, CO2 or CH3OH, the infrared …

Photodesorption of CO ices: Rotational and translational energy distributions

AB Hacquard, R Basalgète, S Del Fré… - The Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This study investigates the translational and rovibrational energy of vacuum-ultraviolet
(VUV) photodesorbed CO molecules from a CO polycrystalline ice (15 K) at∼ 8 eV. The …

Chemistry across dust and gas gaps in protoplanetary disks: modelling the co-spatial molecular rings in the HD 100546 disk

M Leemker, AS Booth, EF van Dishoeck… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
High-resolution observations show that typically both the dust and the gas in nearby
extended protoplanetary disks are structured, possibly related to radial and azimuthal …

A multigrain-multilayer astrochemical model with variable desorption energy for surface species

J Kalvans, A Kalnina, K Veitners - arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.13011, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. Interstellar surface chemistry is a complex process that occurs in icy layers that
have accumulated onto grains of different sizes. The efficiency of the surface processes …

Synthesis of the first nitrogen-heterocycles in interstellar ice analogues containing methylamine (CH3NH2) exposed to UV radiation: formation of trimethylentriamine (TMT, c-(-CH2-NH)3) and …

H Carrascosa, C González Díaz… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Hexamethylentetramine has drawn a lot of attention due to its potential to produce prebiotic
species. This work aims to gain a better understanding in the chemical processes …