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Destruction of C2H4O2 isomers in ice-phase by X-rays: Implication on the abundance of acetic acid and methyl formate in the interstellar medium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2018

Marina G. Rachid ,
K. Faquine  and
S. Pilling
Marina G. Rachid
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Astroquimica e Astrobiologia, Universidade do Vale do Paraiba, Av. Shishima Hifumi, 2911, Urbanova, CEP: 12244000, So Jos dos Campos, SP, Brazil
K. Faquine
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Astroquimica e Astrobiologia, Universidade do Vale do Paraiba, Av. Shishima Hifumi, 2911, Urbanova, CEP: 12244000, So Jos dos Campos, SP, Brazil
S. Pilling
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Astroquimica e Astrobiologia, Universidade do Vale do Paraiba, Av. Shishima Hifumi, 2911, Urbanova, CEP: 12244000, So Jos dos Campos, SP, Brazil Departamento de Fisica, Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica, ITA - DCTA Vila das Acacias, So Jos dos Campos, 12228-900 SP, Brazil
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C2H4O2 isomers, methyl formate (HCOOCH3), acetic acid (CH3COOH) and glycoaldehyde (HOCH2CHO), have been detected in a lot of sources in ISM. However, their abundances are very different, with methyl formate much more abundant than the other two isomers. This fact may be related to the different destruction by ionizing radiation of these molecules. The goal of this work is experimentally study the photodissociation processes of methyl formate and acetic acid ices when exposed to broadband soft X-ray from 6 up to 2000 eV. The experiments were performed coupled to the SGM beamline in the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Source (LNLS/CNPEM) at Campinas, Brazil. The simulated astrophysical ices (12K) were monitored throughout the experiment using infrared vibrational spectroscopy. The analysis of processed ices allowed the determination of the effective destruction cross sections of the parent molecules as well as the effective formation cross section of daughter molecular species. The relative abundance between acetic acid and methyl formate (NCH3COOH/NHCOOCH3) in different astronomical scenarios and their column density evolution in the presence of X-rays were calculated and our results suggests that such radiation field can be one of the factors that explain the difference in the isomers C2H4O2 abundances. We also quantified the daugther species after the establishment of a chemical equilibrium in the samples.

Keywords

AstrochemistryX-raysC2H4O2Methyl formateAcetic acid
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 13 , Symposium S332: Astrochemistry VII: Through the Cosmos from Galaxies to Planets , March 2017 , pp. 418 - 424
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2018 

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