Irradiation of water ice by C(+) ions in the cosmic environment.
@article{McBride2014IrradiationOW, title={Irradiation of water ice by C(+) ions in the cosmic environment.}, author={E. J. McBride and Tom J. Millar and Jorge J. Kohanoff}, journal={The journal of physical chemistry. A}, year={2014}, volume={118 34}, pages={ 6991-8 } }
We present a first-principles MD (FPMD) study of the interaction of low-energy, positively charged carbon (C(+)) projectiles with amorphous solid water clusters at 30 K. Reactions involving the carbon ion at an initial energy of 11 and 1.7 eV with a 30-molecule cluster have been investigated. Simulations indicate that the neutral isoformyl radical, COH(•), and carbon monoxide, CO, are the dominant products of these reactions. All of these reactions are accompanied by the transfer of a proton…
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