Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry Saitama University, Shimo-Okubo 255, Sakura-ku Saitama City Saitama 338-8570 Japan
2. Department of Materials & Life Sciences Faculty of Science & Technology Sophia University 7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-8554 Japan
Abstract
AbstractIn the interstellar medium, the H2 adsorption and desorption on the solid water ice are crucial for chemical and physical processes. We have recently investigated the probabilities of H2 sticking on the (H2O)8 ice, which has quadrilateral surfaces. We have extended the previous work using classical MD and ring‐polymer molecular dynamics (RPMD) simulations to the larger ice clusters, (H2O)10 and (H2O)12, which have pentagonal and hexagonal surfaces, respectively. The H2 sticking probabilities decreased as the temperature increased for both cluster cases, whereas the cluster‐size‐independent profiles were observed. It is thought that the size independence of the probabilities is qualitatively understood from the similar binding energies for all the three cluster systems. Furthermore, the RPMD sticking probabilities are smaller than the classical ones because of the reduction in the binding energies owing to nuclear quantum effects, such as vibrational quantization.
Funder
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Subject
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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