Photoionization mass spectrometric study of the prebiotic species formamide in the 10-20 eV photon energy range

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 114, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4847-4856

  Leach, Sydney ^a   Jochims, Hans Werner ^b   Baumgärtel, Helmut ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC ENERGIES; APPEARANCE ENERGY; ASTROPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS; DISSOCIATION PATHWAYS; DISSOCIATIVE PHOTOIONIZATION; ELECTRON IMPACT; FIRST EXCITED STATE; FORMAMIDES; FRAGMENT IONS; HEATS OF FORMATION; HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZATION ENERGIES; MASS SPECTRAL; MONOMER UNITS; PHOTOION YIELDS; PHOTON ENERGY RANGE; PREBIOTICS; THERMOCHEMICAL DATA;

AMIDES; AMINO ACIDS; EXCITED STATES; IMPACT IONIZATION; IONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTODISSOCIATION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

FORMAMIDE; FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON;

FORMAMIDES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHOTONS; PREBIOTICS;

EID: 77950686474     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9098182     Document Type: Article

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