Desorption of large molecules from grains in dense interstellar clouds

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 1991 Italy English Publisher:American Astronomical SocietyJournal:The Astrophysical Journal, volume 379, page L75 (issn: 0004-637X, eissn: 1538-4357,

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Authors: JOHNSON RE; PIRRONELLO, Valerio; SUNDQVIST B; DONN B.;

doi: 10.1086/186157

handle: 20.500.11769/12807

Desorption of large molecules from grains in dense interstellar clouds

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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 desorption of large molecules from the surfaces of grains in molecular, interstellar clouds

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