UV Photodesorption and photoconversion of interstellar ices: the laboratory perspective

Bulak, M. (2021)

Doctoral Thesis

This thesis is an experimental study of the UV irradiation of the interstellar ice analogues, relevant for the different stages of the star and planet formation sequence. It describes in detail photodesorption and photoconversion processes, and as such, contributes to worldwide efforts that aim at understanding how chemistry in space could have contributed to the origin of life on Earth and possibly planets around other stars.

• Astrochemistry
• Interstellar ices
• Molecular processes
• Methods: laboratory
• Solid state physics
• UV photodesorption
• UV photoconversion
• Circumstellar matter
• Interstellar medium: molecules
• Ultraviolet radiation

• All authors: Bulak, M.
• Supervisor: Linnartz, H.V.J.; Tielens, A.G.G.M.
• Committee: Röttgering, H.J.A.; Werf, P. van der; Caselli, P.; Bertin, M.; Ioppolo, S.
• Qualification: Doctor (dr.)
• Awarding Institution: Leiden Observatory, Faculty of Science, Leiden University
• Date: 2021-12-09
• ISBN (print): 9789464193916