DESORPTION OF LARGE MOLECULES FROM GRAINS IN DENSE INTERSTELLAR CLOUDS

被引:20
作者
JOHNSON, RE
PIRRONELLO, V
SUNDQVIST, B
DONN, B
机构
[1] UNIV CALABRIA,DIPARTMENTO FIS,I-87036 RENDE,ITALY
[2] UNIV UPPSALA,DEPT RADIAT SCI,S-75105 UPPSALA,SWEDEN
关键词
COSMIC RAYS; GENERAL INTERSTELLAR; GRAINS INTERSTELLAR; MOLECULES;
D O I
10.1086/186157
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Laboratory data on the nondestructive desorption of whole leucine (131 amu) molecules from surfaces induced by fast, heavy-ion bombardment are used to propose that heavy ions in the cosmic-ray flux may induce desorpton of large molecules from the surfaces of grains in molecular, interstellar clouds.
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页码:L75 / L77
页数:3
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