Dissociation of the benzene molecule by UV and soft X-rays in circumstellar environment

Details Dissociation of the benzene molecule by UV and soft X-rays in circumstellar environment Dissociation of the benzene molecule by UV and soft X-rays in circumstellar environment

2008-11-30

arxiv.org/abs/0812.0116v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

The paper contains 8 pages, 9 figures and 4 tables. Accepted to be published on MNRAS on 2008 November 26

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14368.x

Benzene molecules, present in the proto-planetary nebula CRL 618, are ionized and dissociated by UV and X-ray photons originated from the hot central star and by its fast wind. Ionic species and free radicals produced by these processes can lead to the formation of new organic molecules. The aim of this work is to study the photoionization and photodissociation processes of the benzene molecule, using synchrotron radiation and time of flight mass spectrometry. Mass spectra were recorded at different energies corresponding to the vacuum ultraviolet (21.21 eV) and soft X-ray (282-310 eV) spectral regions. The production of ions from the benzene dissociative photoionization is here quantified, indicating that C6H6 is more efficiently fragmented by soft X-ray than UV radiation, where 50% of the ionized benzene molecules survive to UV dissociation while only about 4% resist to X-rays. Partial ion yields of H+ and small hydrocarbons such as C2H2+, C3H3+ and C4H2+ are determined as a function of photon energy. Absolute photoionization and dissociative photoionization cross sections have also been determined. From these values, half-life of benzene molecule due to UV and X-ray photon fluxes in CRL 618 were obtained.

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