Affiliation:
1. Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060–0819, Japan.
Abstract
Water isomers hide their origin
H
2
O exists in two spin isomers, ortho and para, in a ratio of 3:1 at room temperature. Some astronomical observations have found water with a ratio of less than 3, thought to be due to water being photodesorbed from ice that had been formed at very low temperatures (≾30 K). Hama
et al.
tested this idea in the laboratory, by forming water ice at low temperature and then photodesorbing it to measure the ortho:para ratio. They found a ratio of 3, even at 10 K. Thus, another explanation for the low ratios in some astronomical objects must be found.
Science
, this issue p.
65
Funder
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology KAKENHI
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Cited by
61 articles.
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