WATER-AMMONIUM ICES AND THE ELUSIVE 6.85 {mu}m BAND

The 6.85 {mu}m band observed in the spectra of young stellar objects has been analyzed recently and the most usually accepted assignment to the nu{sub 4} bending mode of NH{sub 4} {sup +} is still under debate. We present here a laboratory study of frozen solutions of NH{sub 4} {sup +}Cl{sup -} in w...

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Published in:The Astrophysical journal 2009-10, Vol.703 (2)
Main Authors: Mate, B., Galvez, O., Herrero, V. J., Fernandez-Torre, D., Moreno, M. A., Escribano, R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
AMMONIUM CHLORIDES
AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS
AMMONIUM HALIDES
ANIONS
ASTROPHYSICS
ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
CHARGED PARTICLES
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
CHLORINE IONS
CRYSTALS
DISPERSIONS
DROPLETS
ELEMENTS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HALOGENS
HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
ICE
INFRARED SPECTRA
IONS
MIXTURES
NONMETALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PHYSICS
SOLUTIONS
SPECTRA
WATER
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Summary:The 6.85 {mu}m band observed in the spectra of young stellar objects has been analyzed recently and the most usually accepted assignment to the nu{sub 4} bending mode of NH{sub 4} {sup +} is still under debate. We present here a laboratory study of frozen solutions of NH{sub 4} {sup +}Cl{sup -} in water in an astrophysical range of concentrations and temperatures. The samples are prepared by hyper-quenching of liquid droplets on a cold substrate. The nu{sub 4} band of NH{sub 4} {sup +}, which is very strong in the pure crystal and in the liquid solution at ambient temperature, becomes almost blurred in IR spectra of the frozen solution. The effect of the chlorine anion is expected to be of little relevance in this study. The experimental results are supported by theoretical calculations, which predict a broad range of weak nu{sub 4} features for amorphous samples containing different ammonium environments. The present results indicate that the ammonium ion surrounded by water molecules only cannot suffice to explain this spectral feature. This paper contributes with new evidence to the discussion on the assignment of the 6.85 {mu}m band.
ISSN:1538-4357
1538-4357
DOI:10.1088/0004-637X/703/2/L178