D2 sticking coefficient and desorption rate on various forms of water ice films under interstellar conditions

Details D2 sticking coefficient and desorption rate on various forms of water ice films under interstellar conditions D2 sticking coefficient and desorption rate on various forms of water ice films under interstellar conditions

Dec 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004sf2a.conf..487a&link_type=abstract

SF2A-2004: Semaine de l'Astrophysique Francaise, meeting held in Paris, France, June 14-18, 2004. Edited by F. Combes, D. Barret

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Gas-grain interactions play a key role in the formation of molecular hydrogen in the ISM. An experimental facility named FORMOLISM (Molecular Formation in the Interstellar Medium) has recently been developed in our laboratory in order to investigate the catalytic role played by the grain in the chemical reaction producing H2 in conditions similar to the interstellar medium. A differentially pumped atomic beam of H or D is directed to surface sample which can be cooled down to 8K, in the centre of an ultra high vacuum chamber (<10-10 mBar). Temperature-Programmed Desorption experiments (TPD) can be performed and the desorbing molecules can be selectively probed in their individual (v, J) levels, thanks to the (2+1) Resonance Enhanced Multi-photon Ionisation (REMPI) method. Ions are detected by using a Time-Of-Flight mass spectrometer. Our experiment gives access to fast reactions mechanisms that can not be probed in conventional TPD experiments. REMPI coupling with TOF detection and atomic dosing can be performed simultaneously. In order to determine H and H2 interaction on water ice surfaces, we are conducting a detailed study of D2 adsorbed on different forms of water ice films using both TPD and REMPI techniques. The ice morphology is controlled by changing vapour deposition temperature and subsequent annealing. Variations of D2 sticking coefficients and desorption rate with surface temperature are compared in high density amorphous water ice, and low density amorphous water ice of different porosity.

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