Comparative electron irradiations of amorphous and crystalline astrophysical ice analogues
Duncan V. Mifsud, Perry A. Hailey, Péter Herczku, B. Sulik, Zoltán Juhász, Sándor Kovács, Z. Kaňuchová, S. Ioppolo, R. W. McCullough, Béla Paripás, N. J. Mason
Abstract
OH. Our results are relevant to the astrochemistry of interstellar ices and icy Solar System objects, which may experience phase changes due to thermally-induced crystallisation or space radiation-induced amorphisation.
Topics & Concepts
Amorphous solidAmorphous iceAstrochemistryPhase (matter)Chemical physicsIntermolecular forceRadiation damageInterstellar iceChemistryIrradiationMaterials scienceInterstellar mediumPhysicsCrystallographyAstrophysicsMoleculeOrganic chemistryNuclear physicsGalaxyAstrophysics and Star Formation StudiesMolecular Spectroscopy and StructureAdvanced Chemical Physics Studies