Simulation of proton radiolysis of H2O and O2 ices with the Nautilus code

Authors: Tian-Yu Tu, Valentine Wakelam*, Jean-Christophe Loison, Marin Chabot, Emmanuel Dartois, Yang Chen*

In this paper, we simulate the radiolysis experiments of pure H2O and O2 ice irradiated by protons with the Nautilus code. By tuning the parameters in the model, we can reproduce the steady state abundance ratios H2O2/H2O and O3/O2. But still there are many uncertainties.

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