The cosmic-ray induced sputtering process on icy grains

Author:

Arslan Özgün12ORCID,Hocuk Seyit3,Caselli Paola4,Küçük İbrahim12

Affiliation:

1. Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences, Science Faculty, Erciyes University , 38030, Melikgazi, Kayseri, Türkiye

2. Astronomy and Space Sciences Observatory and Research Center (Uzaybimer), Erciyes University , 38281, Talas, Kayseri, Türkiye

3. CentERdata, Institute for data collection and research , Professor de Moorplein 524-525, NL-5037 DR Tilburg, the Netherlands

4. Center for Astrochemical Studies, Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics , Gießenbachstr. 1, D-85741 Garching, Germany

Abstract

ABSTRACT In molecular cloud cores, the cosmic ray (CR) induced sputtering via CR ion-icy grain collision is one of the desorption processes for ice molecules from mantles around dust grains. The efficiency of this process depends on the incident CR ion properties as well as the physicochemical character of the ice mantle. Our main objective is the examination of the sputtering efficiency for H2O and CO ices found in molecular cloud cores. In the calculation routine, we consider a multidimensional parameter space that consists of 30 CR ion types, 5 different CR ion energy flux distributions, 2 separate ice mantle components (pure H2O and CO), 3 ice formation states, and 2 sputtering regimes (linear and quadratic). We find that the sputtering behaviour of H2O and CO ices is dominated by the quadratic regime rather than the linear regime, especially for CO sputtering. The sputtering rate coefficients for H2O and CO ices show distinct variations with respect to the adopted CR ion energy flux as well as the grain-size-dependent mantle depth. The maximum radius of the cylindrical latent region is quite sensitive to the effective electronic stopping power. The track radii for CO ice are much bigger than H2O ice values. In contrast to the H2O mantle, even relatively light CR ions (Z ≥ 4) may lead to a track formation within the CO mantle, depending on Se,eff. We suggest that the latent track formation threshold can be assumed as a separator between the linear and the quadratic regimes for sputtering.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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