Photolysis of Cometary Organic Dust Analogs on the EXPOSE-R2 Mission at the International Space Station

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作者
Baratta, G. A. [1 ]
Accolla, M. [1 ]
Chaput, D. [2 ]
Cottin, H. [3 ,4 ]
Palumbo, M. E. [1 ]
Strazzulla, G. [1 ]
机构
[1] INAF Osservatorio Astrofis Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, I-95123 Catania, Italy
[2] Ctr Spatial Toulouse, CNES, Toulouse, France
[3] Univ Paris Est Creteil, UMR CNRS 7583, LISA, Creteil, France
[4] Univ Paris Diderot, Inst Pierre Simon Lapl, Creteil, France
关键词
Astrobiology; Astrochemistry; Comets; International Space Station; Photochemistry; Infrared spectroscopy; ULTRACARBONACEOUS ANTARCTIC MICROMETEORITES; ION IRRADIATION; OORT CLOUD; ABSORPTION; NITROGEN; PARTICLES; CHEMISTRY; CARBON; IDENTIFICATION; SPECTROSCOPY;
D O I
10.1089/ast.2018.1853
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We describe the results obtained on a set of organic samples that have been part of the experiment "Photochemistry on the Space Station (PSS)" on the EXPOSE-R2 mission conducted on the EXPOSE-R facility situated outside the International Space Station (ISS). The organic samples were prepared in the Catania laboratory by 200 keV He+ irradiation of N-2:CH4:CO icy mixtures deposited at 17 K, on vacuum UV (VUV) transparent MgF2 windows. This organic material contains different chemical groups, including triple CN bonds, that are thought to be of interest for astrobiology. It is widely accepted that materials similar to that produced in the laboratory by ion irradiation of frozen ices could be present in some astrophysical environments such as comets. Once expelled from comets, these materials are exposed to solar radiation during their interplanetary journey. In the young Solar System, some of these processed materials could have reached early Earth and contributed to its chemical and prebiotic evolution. The samples were exposed for 16 months to the unshielded solar UV photons. It was found that, if an interplanetary dust particle (IDP) containing organic material (50% vol) is large enough (>20-30 mu m), relevant chemical groups, such as those containing the CN triple bond, can survive for many years (>10(4) years) in the interplanetary medium.
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页码:1018 / 1036
页数:19
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