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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 16, Issue 8, Pages 3493-3500Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3cp54328e
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- NSF, Astronomy & Astrophysics Division [0908108, 1311958]
- NASA [NNX12AF38G]
- NASA [75140, NNX12AF38G] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [0908108] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1311958] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Surface reactions involving atomic oxygen have attracted much attention in astrophysics and astrochemistry, but two of the most fundamental surface processes, desorption and diffusion, are not well understood. We studied diffusion and desorption of atomic oxygen on or from amorphous silicate surfaces under simulated interstellar conditions using a radio-frequency dissociated oxygen beam. Temperature programmed desorption (TPD) experiments were performed to study the formation of ozone from reaction of atomic and molecular oxygen deposited on the surface of a silicate. It is found that atomic oxygen begins to diffuse significantly between 40 K and 50 K. A rate equation model was used to study the surface kinetics involved in ozone formation experiments. The value of atomic oxygen desorption energy has been determined to be 152 +/- 20 meV (1764 +/- 232 K). The newly found atomic oxygen desorption energy, which is much higher than the well-accepted value, might explain the discrepancy in abundance of molecular oxygen in space between observations and chemical models.
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