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Infrared photodesorption of CO from astrophysically relevant ices studied with a free-electron laser
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posted on 2023-07-20, 12:28 authored by Emily Rose Ingman, Domantus Laurinavicius, Jin Zhang, J Schrauwen, Britta Redlich, Jennifer Noble, Sergio Ioppolo, Martin McCoustra, Wendy BrownWendy BrownThe infrared excitation and photodesorption of carbon monoxide (CO) and water-containing ices have been investigated using the FEL-2 free-electron laser light source at the FELIX laboratory, Radboud University, The Netherlands. CO-water mixed ices grown on a gold-coated copper substrate at 18 K were investigated. No CO photodesorption was observed, within our detection limits, following irradiation with light resonant with the C-O vibration (4.67 µm). CO photodesorption was seen as a result of irradiation with infrared light resonant with water vibrational modes at 2.9 µm and 12 µm. Changes to the structure of the water ice, which modifies the environment of the CO in the mixed ice, were also seen subsequent to irradiation at these wavelengths. No water desorption was observed at any wavelength of irradiation. Photodesorption at both wavelengths is due to a single photon process. Photodesorption arises due to a combination of fast and slow processes of indirect resonant photodesorption (fast), and photon-induced desorption resulting from energy accumulation in the librational heat bath of the solid water (slow) and metal substrate-mediated laser induced thermal desorption (slow). Estimated cross-sections for the slow processes at 2.9 µm and 12 µm were found to be ~7.5 × 10-18 cm2 and ~4.5 × 10-19 cm2 respectively.
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Faraday DiscussionsISSN
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