Molecular Dynamics Study of the Photodesorption of CO Ice

• Published in: The journal of physical chemistry. A, Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory Vol. 119; no. 24; pp. 6354 - 6369
• Main Authors: van Hemert, Marc C, Takahashi, Junko, van Dishoeck, Ewine F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 18.06.2015

Photodesorption of CO ice is suggested to be the main process that maintains a measurable amount of gaseous CO in cold interstellar clouds. A classical molecular dynamics simulation is used to gain insight into the underlying mechanism. Site–site pair potentials were developed on the basis of ab ini...