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arXiv 1602.05015astro-ph.GAphysics.atm-clusphysics.chem-ph
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PAH阳离子的VUV光处理:电离与碎裂过程的定量研究

VUV photo-processing of PAH cations: quantitative study on the ionization versus fragmentation processes

Junfeng Zhen, Sarah Rodriguez Castillo, Christine Joblin, Giacomo Mulas, Hassan Sabbah, Alexandre Giuliani, Laurent Nahon, Serge Martin, Jean-Philippe Champeaux, Paul M. Mayer

摘要:

星际多环芳烃(PAHs)在星际介质(ISM)中受到真空紫外(VUV)光子吸收的强烈影响,但电离与碎裂之间的分支比研究较少。这对于ISM中多环芳烃在不同环境中的稳定性和电荷状态至关重要,进而影响化学,能量平衡以及多环芳烃对消光和发射曲线的贡献。我们研究了PAH阳离子与来自同步加速器SOLEIL光束线的7-20 eV范围内的VUV光子的相互作用。我们记录了一组8个PAH阳离子的大小从14到24个碳原子,具有不同的结构的光致碎裂和光致电离的相对强度的作用光谱。在光子能量低于~13.6 eV的碎片占主导地位的较小的物种,而较大的物种电离后立即竞争第二电离电位(IP)。在较高的光子能量下,所有物质的行为相似,电离产率逐渐增加,在约18 eV处在0.8和0.9之间趋于平稳。异构体中,PAH结构似乎主要影响裂解截面,但不是电离截面。我们还测量了所有物种的第二个IP和其中两个物种的第三个IP,所有这些都与理论上的一致性很好,证实了PAH阳离子可以在扩散ISM中进一步电离。确定ISM中的实际PAH指示丰度需要详细建模。我们测量的光电离产率为几个PAH阳离子提供了必要的成分,这样的模型。

英文摘要:

Interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are strongly affected by the absorption of vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photons in the interstellar medium (ISM), yet the branching ratio between ionization and fragmentation is poorly studied. This is crucial for the stability and charge state of PAHs in the ISM in different environments, affecting in turn the chemistry, the energy balance, and the contribution of PAHs to the extinction and emission curves. We studied the interaction of PAH cations with VUV photons in the 7-20 eV range from the synchrotron SOLEIL beamline, DESIRS. We recorded by action spectroscopy the relative intensities of photo-fragmentation and photo-ionization for a set of eight PAH cations ranging in size from 14 to 24 carbon atoms, with different structures. At photon energies below ~13.6 eV fragmentation dominates for the smaller species, while for larger species ionization is immediately competitive after the second ionization potential (IP). At higher photon energies, all species behave similarly, the ionization yield gradually increases, leveling off between 0.8 and 0.9 at ~18 eV. Among isomers, PAH structure appears to mainly affect the fragmentation cross section, but not the ionization cross section. We also measured the second IP for all species and the third IP for two of them, all are in good agreement with theoretical ones confirming that PAH cations can be further ionized in the diffuse ISM. Determining actual PAH dication abundances in the ISM will require detailed modeling. Our measured photo-ionization yields for several PAH cations provide a necessary ingredient for such models.

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