First quantitative JWST study of weak ice bands in 21 protostars finds CH4 likely dominant at 7.67 um and HCOO- plus other COMs at 7.24/7.40 um, indicating ubiquity of complex ices.
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DFT-derived binding energy distributions for methanol and photolysis products on ASW ice, integrated into astrochemical models, demonstrate sensitivity of radical abundances to BE calculation methods.
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Probing the ubiquity of complex ices in protostars with JWST: the first systematic quantification of weak ice bands between 6.8 and 7.9 micron
First quantitative JWST study of weak ice bands in 21 protostars finds CH4 likely dominant at 7.67 um and HCOO- plus other COMs at 7.24/7.40 um, indicating ubiquity of complex ices.
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Theoretical determination of the binding energies of methanol and related species onto amorphous solid water ice
DFT-derived binding energy distributions for methanol and photolysis products on ASW ice, integrated into astrochemical models, demonstrate sensitivity of radical abundances to BE calculation methods.