Entrapment of CO into CO2 ice
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab32e5
I am a third-year graduate student in the Department of Astronomy at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian; working with Prof. Karin I. Öberg on the origins of chemical species in space and how these processes affect star and planet formation.
Here, you will find information about my research and links to my publications. If you have any questions about my work, feel free to email me.
I am interested in both experimental and observational astrochemistry. I am currently experimentally studying ice matrix entrapment in Interstellar Medium and Protoplanetary disks. My latest published project was completed with Prof. Karin I. Öberg on the ability of carbon dioxide to trap carbon monoxide molecules. Recently, I expended the entrapment capability of ices by working on hyper-volatiles (such as mathane, argon and nitrogen) to be entraped within water and carbon dioxide ice matrices. This expended work will result in a second paper (writting in progress).
My research involves the experimental study of chemical processes during star and planet formation. A full list of my publications is available on NASA ADS.
alexia.simon@cfa.harvard.edu