Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2011
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The Molecular Universe, Posters from the proceedings of the 280th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Tole
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Laboratory studies of PAHs continue to be essential if we are to interpret the wealth and variety of processes contributing to star formation. In the realm of gas-phase kinetics reactions involving negative ions are being studied to help modellers understand the role of these species in interstellar chemistry. Observations have shown that PAHs molecules are abundant and ubiquitous in the interstellar medium of galaxies, play an important role in its physical and chemical characteristics and form a key link between small hydrocarbon species and large carbonaceous grains. There is therefore considerable interest in the mechanisms by which these molecules and their anions may form. One method is electron induced chemistry within the icy mantles on the surface of dust grains. In particular it has been recently shown that functional group dependence exists in electron attachment processes giving rise to site selective fragmentation of molecules at the C-H, O-H and N-H bonds at energies well beyond the threshold for the breaking of any of these bonds allowing novel forms of chemistry that have little or no activation barriers, such as are necessary in the ISM. In this poster we present the results of recent studies on dissociative electron attachment (DEA) to PAHs using an improved version of a Velocity Map Imaging (VMI) spectrometer comprised of a magnetically collimated and low energy pulsed electron gun, a Faraday cup, an effusive molecular beam, a pulsed field ion extraction, a time of flight analyzer and a two-dimensional position sensitive detector consisting of microchannel plate and a phosphor screen. The VMI spectrometer measures the kinetic energy and angular distribution of the fragment anions produced in the dissociative electron attachment process. Kinetic energy measurements provide information on the internal energies of the fragment anions and determine the dissociation limits of the parent negative ion resonant states responsible for the dissociative electron attachment process. Angular distribution measurements provide information about the symmetry of these negative ion resonant states. We shall present the details, results and conclusions of these measurements during the conference for some illustrative hydrocarbons.
Mason Nigel J.
Szymanska Edyta
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