Chapter: Surface Science                                                        (80)

Liv Hornekaer

Section: Introduction                                                                       (20)

 

20 pages: Setting the astrophysics and surface science scene, early developments in the area – experiments, theory, observations. H2 formation, other molecules formed on surfaces, conditions of astrophysical relevance: dense clouds, diffuse clouds, PDR, post-shock gasses, surfaces of astrophysical relevance: Carbonaceous surfaces, silicates, ices, bound states: physisorption, chemisorption, defects, reaction mechanisms: Langmuir-Hinshelwood, Eley-Rideal, hot atom, ice chemistry, surface morphology (result of surface reactions / influence on surface reactions), current state of the art.

 

4 hot topics sections:

Section: Ice morphology: Desorption kinetics, Reaction kinetics, Morphology changes due to ion bombardment

McCoustra, Palumbo, Hornekaer                                                                                 (22)

Section: Complex Molecule Formation: Methanol, Water …

Linnartz, Lemaire                                                                                                          (15)

Section: New calculational strategies for implementing realistic surface reactions in chemical network models

Herbst                                                                                                                         (8)

 

Section: Carbonaceous surfaces: Graphite, amorphous carbon, physisorption, chemisorption, defects, H2 formation and energy partitioning

Price, Hornekaer                                                                                                          (15)