H-implantation in SO2 and CO2 ices

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Jul 2008

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Planetary and Space Science, Volume 56, Issue 9, p. 1300-1308.

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Ices in the solar system are observed on the surface of planets, satellites, comets and asteroids where they are continuously subordinate at particle fluxes (cosmic ions, solar wind and charged particles caught in the magnetosphere of the planets) that deeply modify their physical and structural properties. Each incoming ion destroys molecular bonds producing fragments that, by recombination, form new molecules also different from the original ones. Moreover, if the incoming ion is reactive (H+, On+, Sn+, etc.), it can concur to the formation of new molecules. Those effects can be studied by laboratory experiments where, with some limitation, it is possible to reproduce the astrophysical environments of planetary ices. In this work, we describe some experiments of 15 100 keV H+ and He+ implantation in pure sulfur dioxide (SO2) at 16 and 80 K and carbon dioxide (CO2) at 16 K ices aimed to search for the formation of new molecules. Among other results we confirm that carbonic acid (H2CO3) is formed after H-implantation in CO2, vice versa H-implantation in SO2 at both temperatures does not produce measurable quantity of sulfurous acid (H2SO3). The results are discussed in the light of their relevance to the chemistry of some solar system objects, particularly of Io, the innermost of Jupiter's Galilean satellites, that exhibits a surface very rich in frost SO2 and it is continuously bombarded with H+ ions caught in Jupiter's magnetosphere.

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