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星际冰粒乙醛生成效率的理论计算

Theoretical computations on the efficiency of acetaldehyde formation on interstellar icy grains

Joan Enrique-Romero, Cecilia Ceccarelli, Albert Rimola, Dimitrios Skouteris, Nadia Balucani, Piero Ugliengo

摘要:

已知星际颗粒是形成星际分子如H $_2$、水、氨和甲醇的重要因素。有人提出,所谓的星际复合有机分子(iCOM)也是通过假设具有等于1的效率的反应,通过自由基的结合在星际颗粒冰冷的表面上形成的。在这项工作中,我们的目标是调查的鲁棒性或弱点,考虑乙醛(CH $_3$ CHO)的情况下,作为一个开始的研究案例。在文献中,已经假设乙醛是通过HCO和CH $_3$的结合在结冰表面上形成的。在这里,我们报告新的理论计算的效率,其形成。为此,我们耦合的能量学和动力学的反应CH $_3$ + HCO,这可能会导致CH $_3$ CHO或CO + CH $_4$的形成的量子化学计算。具体而言,我们结合反应动力学计算与水稻Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus(RRKM)理论(隧道)的方法与扩散和解吸竞争通道。我们提供的格式所使用的天体化学模型,以方便他们的开发我们的计算结果。我们的新的计算表明,乙醛形成的冰表面上的效率是一个复杂的函数的温度,更重要的是,假设的扩散结合能比$f$的CH $_3$自由基。如果比例$f$为$\geq$ 0.4,则在反应可以发生的范围内,即在12和30 K之间,效率等于1。然而,如果$f$更小,效率会急剧下降:当$f$ =0.3时,它最多为0.01。此外,乙醛的形成总是与CO + CH $_4$竞争。

英文摘要:

Interstellar grains are known to be important actors in the formation of interstellar molecules such as H$_2$, water, ammonia, and methanol. It has been suggested that the so-called interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs) are also formed on the interstellar grain icy surfaces by the combination of radicals via reactions assumed to have an efficiency equal to unity. In this work, we aim to investigate the robustness or weakness of this assumption by considering the case of acetaldehyde (CH$_3$CHO) as a starting study case. In the literature, it has been postulated that acetaldehyde is formed on the icy surfaces via the combination of HCO and CH$_3$. Here we report new theoretical computations on the efficiency of its formation. To this end, we coupled quantum chemical calculations of the energetics and kinetics of the reaction CH$_3$ + HCO, which can lead to the formation of CH$_3$CHO or CO + CH$_4$. Specifically, we combined reaction kinetics computed with the Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM) theory (tunneling included) method with diffusion and desorption competitive channels. We provide the results of our computations in the format used by astrochemical models to facilitate their exploitation. Our new computations indicate that the efficiency of acetaldehyde formation on the icy surfaces is a complex function of the temperature and, more importantly, of the assumed diffusion over binding energy ratio $f$ of the CH$_3$ radical. If the ratio $f$ is $\geq$0.4, the efficiency is equal to unity in the range where the reaction can occur, namely between 12 and 30 K. However, if $f$ is smaller, the efficiency dramatically crashes: with $f$=0.3, it is at most 0.01. In addition, the formation of acetaldehyde is always in competition with that of CO + CH$_4$.

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