Astrochemistry of Dust, Ice and Gas

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• Astrochemistry of dust, ice and gas: introduction and overviewThe chemistry of planet-forming regions is not interstellarExploring the origins of carbon in terrestrial worldsComplex molecule formation around massive young stellar objectsChemical complexity in the Horsehead, photodissociation regionGeneral discussionEfficient diffusive mechanisms of O atoms at very low temperatures on surfaces of astrophysical interestSingle and double addition of oxygen atoms to propyne on surfaces at low temperaturesReaction kinetics and isotope effect of water formation by the surface reaction of solid H2O2 with H atoms at low temperaturesDiffusion of atomic oxygen relevant to water formation in amorphous interstellar icesPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons– catalysts for molecular hydrogen formationElectron induced chemistry: a new frontier in astrochemistryLow-energy electron-induced chemistry of condensed methanol: implications for the interstellar synthesis of prebiotic moleculesStability of carbonaceous dust analogues and glycine under UV irradiation and electron bombardmentGeneral discussionThe cycling of carbon into and out of dustThe formation of ice mantles on interstellar grains revisited – the effect of exothermicityCharacterizing the chemical pathways for water formation – a deep search for hydrogen peroxideThe formation of glycine and other complex organic molecules in exploding ice mantlesComplex organic molecules along the accretion flow in isolated and externally irradiated protoplanetary disksGeneral discussionCold condensation of dust in the ISMTHz and mid-IR spectroscopy of interstellar ice analogs: methyl and carboxylic acid groupsInfrared and reflectron time-of-flight mass spectroscopic study on the synthesis of glycolaldehyde in methanol (CH3OH) and methanol–carbon monoxide (CH3OH–CO) ices exposed to ionization radiationApplication of a diffusion–desorption rate equation model in astrochemistryWavelength resolved UV photodesorption and photochemistry of CO2 iceFree-electron laser induced processes in thin molecular iceGeneral discussionConcluding remarks: astrochemistry of dust, ice and gas