title: Laboratory simulation of organic grain mantles.
abstract: The most relevant conditions in interstellar space for grain mantle evolution are being simulated at Laboratory Astrophysics. In particular we have photoproduced in the laboratory a material resembling the organic refractory mantle on interstellar grains. These organic refractory samples are being analyzed by several methods, and they have been found to consist of a very complex mixture of long chains, cross-linked and probably aromatic carbon molecules.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C X
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Mendoza-Gomez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D000641:Ammonia / Q000737:chemistry; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000737:chemistry; D019443:Cosmic Dust / Q000032:analysis*; D004583:Electrons; D005118:Extraterrestrial Environment; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D019110:Meteoroids; D010777:Photochemistry; D013696:Temperature; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D019443:Cosmic Dust; D014867:Water; D000641:Ammonia; D002248:Carbon Monoxide