Study about the chemical evolution of astrophysical ices in the vicinity of young stellar objects employing experimental data in the infrared and computational modeling codes

• Grant number: 15/10492-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Effective date (Start): September 01, 2015
• Effective date (End): September 30, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy - Astrophysics of the Interstellar Medium
• Principal Investigator: Sergio Pilling Guapyassu de Oliveira
• Grantee: Will Robson Monteiro Rocha
• Host Institution: Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (IP&D). Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 09/18304-0 - Synthesis and degradation of prebiotic molecular species at planetary atmospheres, comets and interstellar ice analogs, AP.JP
• Associated scholarship(s): 16/23054-7 - Formation of complex molecules on astrophysical ices in star forming regions triggered by UV and X-rays by employing the ProDiMo code and laboratory data, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

It has been shown through observations in the infrared from ISO (Infrared Space Observatory) and SST (Spitzer Space Telescope), the existence of astrophysical ices toward protostars. Among them, there are H2O, CO, CO2, NH3, CH3OH, CH4, HCOOH, H2CO, CH3CHO. In the same time of observations, several papers were published, showing the formation of complex molecules from simple one, through energetic processing with photons and particles, mimicking the typical scenario in the star-forming regions.Here we will employ data of astrophysical ices obtained from laboratory in the infrared into computational models (RADMC-3D, ProDiMo), that calculates radiative transfer in attempt to better simulate the astrophysical environments around young stellar objects in a more realistic approach. The experimental data will be measured, in principle, at two laboratories: LASA Lab. at Univap (UV, soft X-rays and electrons) and Ganil Lab. at France (energetic ions). By using this methodology, we will simulate the physical observers from telescopes in the infrared, such as spectra and images. Such study allow us calculate the complex refractive indces of several molecules, as well as understand the influence of radiation under the band strength, which is fundamental parameter to estimate the abundances of molecules in the solid phase. Additionally, will be investigated if the complex molecules itself is a product of the stellar radiation field, given the scenario of class I and T-Tauri objects, instead the chemical processing of the ices in the primitive cloud.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ROCHA, W. R. M.; PILLING, S.. The role of external far-ultraviolet irradiation in the survival of astrophysical ices in Elias 29. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 478, n. 4, p. 5190-5198, AUG 2018. (15/10492-3)

ROCHA, W. R. M.; PILLING, S.. Tracking the Evolutionary Stage of Protostars through the Abundances of Astrophysical Ices. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, v. 896, n. 1, JUN 2020. (15/10492-3, 16/22018-7, 16/23054-7)

PILLING, SERGIO; CARVALHO, GEANDERSON A.; ROCHA, WILL R. M.. hemical Evolution of CO2 Ices under Processing by Ionizing Radiation: Characterization of Nonobserved Species and Chemical Equilibrium Phase with the Employment of PROCODA Cod. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, v. 925, n. 2, FEB 1 2022. (09/18304-0, 15/10492-3, 13/07657-5)

ROCHA, W. R. M.; PILLING, S.; DE BARROS, A. L. F.; ANDRADE, D. P. P.; ROTHARD, H.; BODUCH, P.. Infrared complex refractive index of astrophysical ices exposed to cosmic rays simulated in the laboratory. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 464, n. 1, p. 754-767, JAN 2017. (13/07657-5, 09/18304-0, 15/10492-3)

VASCONCELOS, FREDSON DE A.; PILLING, SERGIO; ROCHA, WILL R. M.; ROTHARD, HERMANN; BODUCH, PHILIPPE. Energetic Processing of N-2:CH4 Ices Employing X-Rays and Swift Ions: Implications for Icy Bodies in the Outer Solar System. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, v. 850, n. 2, DEC 1 2017. (15/10492-3, 09/18304-0, 13/07657-5)

VASCONCELOS, F. A.; PILLING, S.; ROCHA, W. R. M.; ROTHARD, H.; BODUCH, P.. Radiolysis of N-2-rich astrophysical ice by swift oxygen ions: implication for space weathering of outer solar system bodies. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, v. 19, n. 35, p. 24154-24165, SEP 21 2017. (13/07657-5, 09/18304-0, 15/10492-3)

VASCONCELOS, F. A.; PILLING, S.; ROCHA, W. R. M.; ROTHARD, H.; BODUCH, P.; DING, J. J.. Ion irradiation of pure and amorphous CH4 ice relevant for astrophysical environments. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, v. 19, n. 20, p. 12845-12856, MAY 28 2017. (13/07657-5, 09/18304-0, 15/10492-3)

PILLING, S.; ROCHA, W. R. M.; FREITAS, F. M.; DA SILVA, P. A.. Photochemistry and desorption induced by X-rays in water rich astrophysical ice analogs: implications for the moon Enceladus and other frozen space environments. RSC ADVANCES, v. 9, n. 49, p. 28823-28840, SEP 12 2019. (15/10492-3, 09/18304-0, 13/07657-5)

CARVALHO, G. A.; PILLING, S.. X-ray photolysis of CH3COCH3 ice: implications for the radiation effects of compact objects towards astrophysical ices. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 498, n. 1, p. 689-701, OCT 2020. (13/07657-5, 09/18304-0, 15/10492-3)

CARVALHO, G. A.; PILLING, S.. Photolysis of CH3CN Ices by Soft X-rays: Implications for the Chemistry of Astrophysical Ices at the Surroundings of X-ray Sources. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, v. 124, n. 41, p. 8574-8584, OCT 15 2020. (13/07657-5, 09/18304-0, 15/10492-3)

VASCONCELOS, F. A.; PILLING, S.; AGNIHOTRI, A.; ROTHARD, H.; BODUCH, P.. Methylenimine and cyanomethanimine synthesis from ion irradiation of N-2-CH4 ice: Implication on the formation of prebiotic molecules in outer solar system bodies. ICARUS, v. 351, NOV 15 2020. (15/10492-3, 09/18304-0)