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Photochemistry of interstellar/circumstellar ices as a contributor to the complex organics in meteorites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2008

Michel Nuevo
Affiliation:
NASA Ames Research Center, Space Science DivisionMail Stop 245-6, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA email: michel.nuevo-1@nasa.gov, scott.a.sandford@nasa.gov
Scott A. Sandford
Affiliation:
NASA Ames Research Center, Space Science DivisionMail Stop 245-6, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA email: michel.nuevo-1@nasa.gov, scott.a.sandford@nasa.gov
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Abstract

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The UV irradiation of interstellar/circumstellar ice analogs is known to lead to the formation of organic compounds such as amino acids and maybe nucleobases. In this work, the mechanisms of formation and distribution of amino acids, chosen as tracers for the organic compounds formed in such experiments, are studied and compared with meteoritic data.

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Contributed Papers
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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