{"title":"Binding energies: New values and impact on the efficiency of chemical desorption","authors":"V. Wakelam , J.-C. Loison , R. Mereau , M. Ruaud","doi":"10.1016/j.molap.2017.01.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.molap.2017.01.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recent laboratory measurements have confirmed that chemical desorption (desorption of products due to exothermic surface reactions) can be an efficient process. The impact of including this process into gas-grain chemical models entirely depends on the formalism used and the associated parameters. Among these parameters, binding energies are probably the most uncertain ones for the moment. We propose a new model to compute binding energy of species to water ice surfaces. We have also compared the model results using either the new chemical desorption model proposed by Minissale et al. (2016) or the one of Garrod et al. (2007). The new binding energies have a strong impact on the formation of complex organic molecules. In addition, the new chemical desorption model from Minissale produces a much smaller desorption of these species and also of methanol. Combining the two effects, the abundances of CH<sub>3</sub>OH and COMs observed in cold cores cannot be reproduced by astrochemical models anymore.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44164,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Astrophysics","volume":"6 ","pages":"Pages 22-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.molap.2017.01.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83427948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christina Castro , Kyle Doan , Michael Klemka , Robert C. Forrey , Benhui Yang , Phillip C. Stancil , N. Balakrishnan
{"title":"Inelastic cross sections and rate coefficients for collisions between CO and H2","authors":"Christina Castro , Kyle Doan , Michael Klemka , Robert C. Forrey , Benhui Yang , Phillip C. Stancil , N. Balakrishnan","doi":"10.1016/j.molap.2017.01.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.molap.2017.01.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A five-dimensional coupled states (5D-CS) approximation is used to compute cross sections and rate coefficients for CO+H<sub>2</sub> collisions. The 5D-CS calculations are benchmarked against accurate six-dimensional close-coupling (6D-CC) calculations for transitions between low-lying rovibrational states. Good agreement between the two formulations is found for collision energies greater than 10<!--> <!-->cm<sup>−1</sup>. The 5D-CS approximation is then used to compute two separate databases which include highly excited states of CO that are beyond the practical limitations of the 6D-CC method. The first database assumes an internally frozen H<sub>2</sub> molecule and allows rovibrational transitions for <em>v</em> ≤ 5 and <em>j</em> ≤ 30, where <em>v</em> and <em>j</em><span> are the vibrational and rotational quantum numbers of the initial state of the CO molecule. The second database allows H</span><sub>2</sub><span> rotational transitions for initial CO states with </span><em>v</em> ≤ 5 and <em>j</em> ≤ 10. The two databases are in good agreement with each other for transitions that are common to both basis sets. Together they provide data for astrophysical models which were previously unavailable.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44164,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Astrophysics","volume":"6 ","pages":"Pages 47-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.molap.2017.01.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77479718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Weakly bound molecular complexes in the laboratory and in the interstellar medium: A lost interest?","authors":"Alexey Potapov","doi":"10.1016/j.molap.2017.01.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.molap.2017.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Weakly bound molecular complexes have been studied in the laboratory for more than 40 years. Interest in them was heightened when they were predicted to be important species in the chemistry<span> of the atmosphere and the interstellar medium (ISM) and also because of their unusual rotational dynamics, described in some cases by nearly free rotation of </span></span>monomers<span> within the complex. About 15 years ago the interest was heated by the observation of microscopic superfluidity<span> in small helium clusters. On the other hand, a number of unsuccessful tries to detect weakly bound complexes in the ISM considerably lowered the interest in their further investigations for astrophysicists. With this short review I would like to show a perspective for future studies of astrophysically relevant weakly bound molecular complexes in the laboratory and for their potential search in the ISM.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":44164,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Astrophysics","volume":"6 ","pages":"Pages 16-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.molap.2017.01.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89297765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Koichi M.T. Yamada , Stephen C. Ross , Fumiyuki Ito
{"title":"13C-substituted C60+: Predictions of the rotational spectra","authors":"Koichi M.T. Yamada , Stephen C. Ross , Fumiyuki Ito","doi":"10.1016/j.molap.2016.12.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.molap.2016.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>C<span><math><msubsup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>60</mn></mrow><mo>+</mo></msubsup></math></span><span> has recently been identified as the carrier of some of the diffuse interstellar bands<span><span> (Campbell et al., 2015). Unfortunately, this ion has no dipole moment and therefore no </span>rotational spectrum. We investigate the situation where one of the carbon atoms in this ion is substituted by a </span></span><sup>13</sup><span><span>C-atom. This shifts the center of mass away from the center of charge, resulting in a non-zero dipole moment and thus opening the possibility of rotational spectroscopy in the microwave region. That the population of the singly substituted species is comparable to that of the parent isotopologue increases the expected intensity. One complication is that the Jahn-Teller effect may distort the molecule. We use </span>density functional theory to consider this possibility and the rotational properties of the different isomers that would result.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":44164,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Astrophysics","volume":"6 ","pages":"Pages 9-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.molap.2016.12.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72392980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Prasanta Gorai , Ankan Das , Liton Majumdar , Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti , Bhalamurugan Sivaraman , Eric Herbst
{"title":"The Possibility of Forming Propargyl Alcohol in the Interstellar Medium","authors":"Prasanta Gorai , Ankan Das , Liton Majumdar , Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti , Bhalamurugan Sivaraman , Eric Herbst","doi":"10.1016/j.molap.2017.01.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.molap.2017.01.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Propargyl alcohol (HC<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub><span>OH, PA) has yet to be observed in the interstellar medium (ISM) although one of its stable isomers, propenal (CH</span><sub>2</sub>CHCHO), has already been detected in Sagittarius B2(N) with the 100-meter Green Bank Telescope in the frequency range <span><math><mrow><mn>18</mn><mo>−</mo><mn>26</mn></mrow></math></span> GHz. In this paper, we investigate the formation of propargyl alcohol along with one of its deuterated isotopomers, HC<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub><span><span>OD (OD-PA), in a dense molecular cloud. Various pathways for the formation of PA in the </span>gas and on ice mantles surrounding dust particles are discussed. We use a large gas-grain chemical network to study the chemical evolution of PA and its deuterated isotopomer. Our results suggest that gaseous HC</span><sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub><span><span><span>OH can most likely be detected in hot cores or in collections of hot cores such as the star-forming region Sgr B2(N). A simple LTE (Local thermodynamic equilibrium) radiative transfer model is employed to check the possibility of detecting PA and OD-PA in the millimeter-wave regime. In addition, we have carried out </span>quantum chemical calculations to compute the </span>vibrational transition<span> frequencies and intensities of these species in the infrared for perhaps future use in studies with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":44164,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Astrophysics","volume":"6 ","pages":"Pages 36-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.molap.2017.01.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90277927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Trinquier, A. Simon, M. Rapacioli, F. X. Gad'ea
{"title":"PAH chemistry at eV internal energies. 1. H-shifted isomers","authors":"G. Trinquier, A. Simon, M. Rapacioli, F. X. Gad'ea","doi":"10.1016/j.molap.2017.02.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molap.2017.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44164,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Astrophysics","volume":"36 1","pages":"27-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86683330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Trinquier, A. Simon, M. Rapacioli, F. X. Gad'ea
{"title":"PAH chemistry at eV internal energies. 2. Ring alteration and dissociation","authors":"G. Trinquier, A. Simon, M. Rapacioli, F. X. Gad'ea","doi":"10.1016/j.molap.2017.02.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molap.2017.02.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44164,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Astrophysics","volume":"51 1","pages":"37-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73331714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Fathi , W.D. Geppert , F. Lindén , A. Cernuto , D. Ascenzi
{"title":"Ion-neutral reaction of C2H2N+ with CH4: An experimental and theoretical study","authors":"P. Fathi , W.D. Geppert , F. Lindén , A. Cernuto , D. Ascenzi","doi":"10.1016/j.molap.2016.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.molap.2016.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The current study was undertaken to probe the ionic products of the ion-neutral reaction of <span><math><mrow><msub><mi>C</mi><mn>2</mn></msub><msub><mi>H</mi><mn>2</mn></msub><msup><mi>N</mi><mo>+</mo></msup></mrow></math></span> with CH<sub>4</sub><span><span> using guided ion beam </span>mass spectrometry (GIB-MS) in which the </span><span><math><mrow><msubsup><mi>CH</mi><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow><mo>+</mo></msubsup><mo>,</mo></mrow></math></span><span><math><mrow><msub><mi>C</mi><mn>2</mn></msub><msubsup><mi>H</mi><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow><mo>+</mo></msubsup></mrow></math></span>, <span><math><msup><mi>HCNH</mi><mo>+</mo></msup></math></span>, <span><math><mrow><msub><mi>C</mi><mn>2</mn></msub><msubsup><mi>H</mi><mrow><mn>5</mn></mrow><mo>+</mo></msubsup></mrow></math></span>, <span><math><mrow><msub><mi>C</mi><mn>2</mn></msub><msub><mi>H</mi><mn>3</mn></msub><msup><mi>N</mi><mo>+</mo></msup></mrow></math></span> and <span><math><mrow><msub><mi>C</mi><mn>3</mn></msub><msub><mi>H</mi><mn>4</mn></msub><msup><mi>N</mi><mo>+</mo></msup></mrow></math></span><span> ions are identified as products. Theoretical calculations were performed to suggest reaction pathways leading to the detected products. These processes might be of relevance for the generation of long chain carbon-nitrogen bearing compounds in Titan’s atmosphere, the interstellar medium or circumstellar envelopes.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":44164,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Astrophysics","volume":"5 ","pages":"Pages 9-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.molap.2016.07.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80828288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Junfeng Zhen , Pablo Castellanos , Harold Linnartz , Alexander G.G.M. Tielens
{"title":"Photo-fragmentation behavior of methyl- and methoxy-substituted derivatives of hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene (HBC) cations","authors":"Junfeng Zhen , Pablo Castellanos , Harold Linnartz , Alexander G.G.M. Tielens","doi":"10.1016/j.molap.2016.08.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.molap.2016.08.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>A systematic study, using ion trap time-of-flight mass spectrometry, is presented for the photo-fragmentation of methyl- and methoxy-substituted derivatives of HBC cations, (OCH</span><sub>3</sub>)<sub>6</sub>HBC<span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mo>+</mo></msup></math></span> and (CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>4</sub>(OCH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>HBC<span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mo>+</mo></msup></math></span>. Both substituted HBC cations fragment through sequential loss of CH<sub>3</sub>CO units upon laser (595nm) irradiation, resulting in a PAH-like derivative C<sub>36</sub>H<sub>12</sub><span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mo>+</mo></msup></math></span><span> and a methyl-substituted PAH derivative C</span><sub>44</sub>H<sub>24</sub><span><math><mrow><msup><mrow></mrow><mo>+</mo></msup><mo>,</mo></mrow></math></span> respectively. Upon ongoing irradiation, these species further fragment. For lower laser energy C<sub>44</sub>H<sub>24</sub><span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mo>+</mo></msup></math></span> dehydrogenates and photo-fragments through CH<sub>3</sub> and CHCH<sub>2</sub><span><span> unit losses; for higher laser energy isomerization takes place, yielding a regular PAH-like configuration, and both stepwise </span>dehydrogenation and C</span><sub>2</sub>/C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub> loss pathways are found. C<sub>36</sub>H<sub>12</sub><span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mo>+</mo></msup></math></span> follows largely this latter fragmentation scheme upon irradiation.</p><p>It is concluded that the photo-dissociation mechanism of the substituted PAH cations studied here is site selective in the substituted subunit. This work also shows experimental evidence that photo-fragmentation of substituted PAHs may contribute to the formation in space of smaller species that are normally considered to form by merging atoms and molecules.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44164,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Astrophysics","volume":"5 ","pages":"Pages 1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.molap.2016.08.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83937614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kevin M. Hickson , Valentine Wakelam , Jean-Christophe Loison
{"title":"Methylacetylene (CH3CCH) and propene (C3H6) formation in cold dense clouds: A case of dust grain chemistry","authors":"Kevin M. Hickson , Valentine Wakelam , Jean-Christophe Loison","doi":"10.1016/j.molap.2016.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.molap.2016.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>We present an extensive review of gas phase reactions producing methylacetylene and </span>propene showing that these relatively abundant unsaturated hydrocarbons cannot be synthesized through gas-phase reactions. We explain the formation of propene and methylacetylene through surface hydrogenation of C</span><sub>3</sub> depleted onto interstellar ices, C<sub>3</sub> being a very abundant species in the gas phase.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44164,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Astrophysics","volume":"3 ","pages":"Pages 1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.molap.2016.03.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87532426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}