Will Organic Synthesis Within Icy Grains or on Dust Surfaces in the Primitive Solar Nebula Completely Erase the Effects of Photochemical Self Shielding?.

Author:: Johnson, Natasha M.
Published:: March 18, 2012.
Physical Description:: 1 electronic document
Additional Creators:: Nuth, Joseph A., III

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There are at least 3 separate photochemical self-shielding models with different degrees of commonality. All of these models rely on the selective absorption of (12))C(16)O dissociative photons as the radiation source penetrates through the gas allowing the production of reactive O-17 and O-18 atoms within a specific volume. Each model also assumes that the undissociated C(16)O is stable and does not participate in the chemistry of nebular dust grains. In what follows we will argue that this last, very important assumption is simply not true despite the very high energy of the CO molecular bond.

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Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration

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Document ID: 20120009281.
GSFC.CPR.6217.2012.
43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference; 18-23 Mar. 2012; Houston, TX; United States.

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