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Ultraviolet Photochemistry of Some Frozen Gases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2017

Warren E. Thompson
Warren E. Thompson*
Affiliation:
Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio

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Here Seems to be Agreement that laboratory studies are necessary in the pursuit of a better understanding of the interstellar medium. Herein is described some experiments performed on the effects of far ultraviolet radiation on molecules containing the astronomically abundant atoms H, O, C, and N. In particular, the attempts that have been made to prepare, isolate, and identify various free radicals and other reactive species, some of which may play a role in the processes occurring in the interstellar medium, are discussed.

In one of the studies, a frozen film of pure carbon dioxide at 77° K was irradiated with the light from a low pressure xenon discharge lamp equipped with a LiF window. This lamp is activated by radio-frequency radiation, and the emitted light is rich in the 1470-Å resonance line of xenon.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 7: Proper Motions , August 1965 , pp. 265 - 269
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer Academic Publishers 1965

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