Astrochemistry – A New Frontier
We have started a new colaborations with Doctor Sergio Pilling at LASA laboratory in Brazil. They have an electron gun (100eV to 5keV) for the bombardment of astrochemical ices. In a near future we will determine the dissociation cross section of specific compounds as well as the formation cross section of daughter species in the ice during the bombardment. We will irradiate the samples as alanine, glycine, glycoaldehyde, ammonium carbamate to see new products. We can also investigate the influence of sample temperature in the production of the daughter species.
We Keep a strong collaboration with NASA Ames researcher center at Mountain view. Currently we are working in a new project about excited states.