Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003apj...588l.121w&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 588, Issue 2, pp. L121-L124.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
48
Ism: Dust, Extinction, Ism: Molecules, Methods: Laboratory, Molecular Data, Molecular Processes
Scientific paper
The formation of formaldehyde (H2CO) and methanol (CH3OH) by the successive addition of hydrogen atoms to CO molecules in H2O-CO mixed ice was measured at 10, 15, and 20 K. The maximum yield of CH3OH was obtained at 15 K, with the next highest yield at 10 K. At 20 K, the reactions proceeded very slowly, and the resulting yield of CH3OH was significantly smaller than at 10 and 15 K and was considered to be due to a fall in the sticking probability of hydrogen at this temperature. The observed temperature dependence indicates that the abundances of H2CO and CH3OH in a molecular cloud are strongly dependent on the temperature of dust as well as the flux of atomic hydrogen. The diffusion of hydrogen atoms in ice is also discussed based on measurements of the dependence of CO hydrogenation on ice thickness in the range of less than 30 monolayers.
Kouchi Akira
Shiraki Takahiro
Watanabe Naoki
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