A subarcsecond ALMA Molecular Line Imaging Survey of the circumbinary, protoplanetary disk orbiting V4046 Sgr

JH Kastner, C Qi… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a suite of Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) interferometric molecular line
and continuum images that elucidate, on linear size scales of∼ 30–40 au, the chemical …

The effect of broadband soft X-rays in SO2-containing ices: implications on the photochemistry of ices toward young stellar objects

S Pilling, A Bergantini - The Astrophysical Journal, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the effects produced mainly by broadband soft X-rays up to 2 keV (plus fast
(∼ keV) photoelectrons and low-energy (∼ eV) induced secondary electrons) in the ice …

A ring of C2H in the molecular disk orbiting TW Hya

JH Kastner, C Qi, U Gorti, P Hily-Blant… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
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Absolute total and partial dissociative cross sections of pyrimidine at electron and proton intermediate impact velocities

W Wolff, H Luna, L Sigaud, AC Tavares… - The Journal of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Absolute total non-dissociative and partial dissociative cross sections of pyrimidine were
measured for electron impact energies ranging from 70 to 400 eV and for proton impact …

Destruction of C2H4O2 isomers in ice-phase by X-rays: Implication on the abundance of acetic acid and methyl formate in the interstellar medium

MG Rachid, K Faquine, S Pilling - Planetary and Space Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The C 2 H 4 O 2 isomers methyl formate (HCOOCH 3), acetic acid (CH 3 COOH)
and glycoaldehyde (HOCH 2 CHO) have been detected in molecular clouds in the …

Photodesorption and photostability of acetone ices: Relevance to solid phase astrochemistry

GC Almeida, S Pilling, DPP Andrade… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Acetone, one of the most important molecules in organic chemistry, also a precursor of
prebiotic species, was found in the interstellar medium associated with star-forming …

Irradiation of Pyrimidine in Pure H2O Ice with High-Energy Ultraviolet Photons

M Nuevo, YJ Chen, WJ Hu, JM Qiu, SR Wu, HS Fung… - Astrobiology, 2014 - liebertpub.com
The detection of nucleobases, the informational subunits of DNA and RNA, in several
meteorites suggests that these compounds of biological interest were formed via …

Microhydration of protonated biomolecular building blocks: protonated pyrimidine

K Chatterjee, O Dopfer - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Protonation and hydration of biomolecules govern their structure, conformation, and
function. Herein, we explore the microhydration structure in mass-selected protonated …

Fragmentation and ion desorption from condensed pyrimidine by electron impact: implications for cometary and interstellar heterocyclic chemistry

FA Ribeiro, GC Almeida, W Wolff… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The desorption process induced by photons, electrons, or ions onto icy surfaces is an
important mechanism for leading neutral or ionized molecular species to the gas phase in …

Experimental and computational studies of the formation mechanism of protonated interstellar diazines

ZC Wang, CA Cole, TP Snow… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Studies of interstellar chemistry have grown in number and complexity by both observations
and laboratory measurements, and nitrogen-containing aromatics have been implicated as …