QuantumYields of Decomposition and Homo-Dimerization of Solid L-Alanine Induced by 7.2 eV Vacuum Ultraviolet Light Irradiation: An Estimate of the Half-Life of L-Alanine on the Surface of Space Objects

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-395

  Izumi, Yudai ^a,b,c   Nakagawa, Kazumichi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Chemical evolution; Chiral stability; Photo stability; Prebiotic chemistry

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMET; COSMOCHEMISTRY; DECOMPOSITION; DUST; EARLY EARTH; HALF LIFE; METEORITE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALANINE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DECARBOXYLATION; DIMERIZATION; HALF LIFE TIME; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM;

ALANINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DECARBOXYLATION; DIMERIZATION; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HALF-LIFE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHOTONS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VACUUM;

EID: 79960195673     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-011-9237-2     Document Type: Article

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