Publications

A. Jiménez-Escobar*, A. Ciaravella, C. Cecchi-Pestellini, N.-E. Sie, C.-Y. Lee, C.-H. Huang, G. M. Muñoz Caro, and Y.-J. Chen*, Laboratory Simulations of Ice Growth in Space: An Expected Non-uniform Ice Mantle Compositions (submitted A&A Letters)
K.-J. Chuang*, C. Jäger, N.-E. Sie, C.-H. Huang, C.-Y. Lee, Y.-Y. Hsu, Th. Henning, and Y.-J. Chen*, Interstellar carbonaceous dust erosion induced by X-rays irradiation of water ice in star-forming regions, ApJ, 956, 57 (2023)

C. González Díaz*, H. Carrascosa, G. M. Muñoz Caro, M. Á. Satorre, and Y.-J. Chen, Density and infrared band strength of interstellar carbon monoxide (CO) ice analogues, MNRAS, 517, 5744 (2022)
C.-H. Huang, C. Cecchi-Pestellini*, A. Ciaravella, A. Jiménez-Escobar, L.-C. Hsiao, N.-E. Sie, and Y.-J. Chen*, Chemical and physical processes caused by electrons impacting on H2O−CO mixed ices, MNRAS, 517,3078 (2022)
N.-E., Sie, Y.-T. Cho, C.-H. Huang, G. M. Muñoz Caro, L.-C. Hsiao, H.-C. Lin, and Y.-J. Chen*, Key Parameters Controlling the Photodesorption Yield in Interstellar CO Ice Analogs: The Influence of Ice Deposition Temperature and Thickness, Astrophy. J., 938, 48 (2022)
A. Jiménez-Escobar*, A. Ciaravella, C. Cecchi-Pestellini, G. M. Muñoz Caro, C.-H. Huang, N.-E. Sie, Y.-J. Chen*, X-ray induced diffusion and mixing in layered astrophysical ices, Astrophy. J., 926, 176 (2022)

H. Carrascosa, G. M. Muñoz Caro*, C. González-Díaz, J. Suevos, Y.-J. Chen, The intriguing behavior of ultraviolet photodesorption and color temperature of astrophysical CO ice analogs: a possible indication of molecular disorder, Astrophy. J., 916, 1 (2021)

A. Ciaravella*, G. M. Muñoz Caro, A. Jiménez-Escobar, C. Cecchi-Pestellini, L.-C. Hsiao, C.-H. Huang, and Y.-J. Chen*, X-ray processing of a realistic ice mantle can explain the gas abundances in protoplanetary disks, PNAS, 117, 16149 (2020)
H. Carrascosa*, G. A. Cruz-Díaz, G. M. Muñoz Caro*, E. Dartois, Y.-J. Chen*, Photon-induced desorption of larger species in UV-irradiated methane (CH4) ice, MNRAS, 493, 821 (2020)
C.-H. Huang*, A. Ciaravella, C. Cecchi-Pestellini, A. Jiménez-Escobar, L.-C. Hsiao, C.-C. Huang, P.-C. Chen, N.-E. Sie, and Y.-J. Chen*, Effects of 150 − 1000 eV electron impacts on pure carbon monoxide ices using the Interstellar Energetic-Process System (IEPS), Astrophy. J., 889, 57 (2020)

G. M. Muñoz Caro*, A. Ciaravella, A. Jiménez-Escobar, C. Cecchi-Pestellini, C. González-Díaz, and Y.-J. Chen*, X-ray versus UV irradiation of astrophysical ice analogs leading to formation of COMs, ACS Earth Space Chem., 3, 2138 (2019)
A. Ciaravella, A. Jiménez-Escobar, C. Cecchi-Pestellini, C.-H., Huang, N.-E., Sie, G. M. Muñoz Caro, Y.-J. Chen*, Synthesis of complex organic molecules in soft X-ray irradiation ices, Astrophy. J., 879, 21 (2019)
C. González Díaz*, H. Carrascosa de Lucas, G. M. Muñoz Caro*, N.-E. Sie, and Y.-J. Chen*, Accretion and photodesorption of CO ice as a function of the incident angle of deposition, MNRAS, 486, 5519 (2019)
H. Carrascosa*, L.-C. Hsiao, N.-E. Sie, G. M. Muñoz Caro* and Y.-J. Chen*, 13CO and 13CO2 ice mixtures with N2 in photon energy transfer studies, MNRAS, 486, 1985 (2019)
N.-E. Sie, G. M. Muñoz Caro, Z.-H. Huang, R. Martín-Doménech, A. Fuente and Y.-J. Chen*, On the Photodesorption of CO2 ice analogues: the formation of atomic C in the ice and the effect of the VUV emission spectrum, Astrophy. J., 874, 35 (2019)

A. Jiménez-Escobar, A. Ciaravella, C. Cecchi-Pestellini, C.-H. Huang, N.-E. Sie, Y.-J. Chen* and G. M. Muñoz Caro, Photo-desorption of H2O:CO:NH3 circumstellar ice Analogs: gas-phase enrichment, Astrophy. J., 868, 73 (2018)
G. A. Cruz-Diaz*, R. Martín-Doménech, E. Moreno, G. M. Muñoz Caro, Y.-J. Chen, New measurements on water ice photodesorption and product formation under ultraviolet irradiation, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 474(3), 3080 (2018)

S. Cazaux*, R. Martin-Domenech, Y.-J. Chen, G. M. Muñoz Caro, C. Gonzalez Diaz, CO depletion: a microscopic perspective, Astrophy. J., 849, 80 (2017)
Y.-J. Chen*, G. M. Muñoz Caro, S. Aparicio, A. Jiménez-Escobar, J. Lasne, A. Rosu-Finsen, M. R. S. McCoustra, A. M. Cassidy, and D. Field, Wannier-Mott excitons in nanoscale molecular ices, Phys. Rev. Lett., 119, 157703 (2017)
M.-C. Liu, H.-F. Chen, C.-H. Chin, T.-P. Huang, Y.-J. Chen & Y.-J. Wu*, Identification of a Simplest Hypervalent Hydrogen Fluoride Anion in Solid Argon, Scientific Reports, 7, 2984 (2017)

A. Ciaravella*, C. Cecchi-Pestellini, Y.-J. Chen, G. M. Muñoz Caro, C.-H., Huang, A. Jimenez-Escobar & A. M. Venezia, Soft X-ray irradiation of silicate: implication on dust evolution in protoplanetary sisks, Astrophy. J., 828, 29 (2016)
G. A. Cruz-Diaz*, G. M. Muñoz Caro, R. Martin-Domenech and Y.-J. Chen, Negligible photodesorption of methanol ice and active photon-induced desorption of its irradiation products, Astron. Astrophy., 592, A68 (2016)
A. Ciaravella*, Y.-J. Chen, C. Cecchi-Pestellini, A. Jimenez-Escobar, G. M. Muñoz Caro, K.-J. Chuang, C.-H., Huang, Chemical Evolution of a CO Ice Induced by Soft X-rays, Astrophy. J., 819, 1 (2016)
A. Jimenez-Escobar, Y.-J. Chen, A. Ciaravella*, C.-H., Huang, C. Cecchi-Pestellini, X-ray irradiation of H2O + CO ice mixtures with synchrotron light, Astrophy. J.,820, 25 (2016)
G. M. Muñoz Caro*, Y.-J. Chen, S. Aparicio, A. Jiménez-Escobar, A. Rosu-Finsen, J. Lasne, and M. R. S. McCoustra, Photodesorption and physical properties of CO ice as a function of temperature, Astron. Astrophy., 589, A19 (2016)

R. Martin-Domenech*, J. Manzano-Santamaría, G. M. Muñoz Caro, G. A. Cruz-Diaz, Y.-J. Chen, V. J. Herrero and I. Tanarro, Ultraviolet photoprocessing of CO2 ice: a complete quantification of photochemistry and photon-induced desorption processes, Astron. Astrophy., 584, A14 (2015)
Y.-J. Chen*, K.-J. Chuang, M. Nuevo, G. M. Muñoz Caro, A. Jimenez-Escobar, J.-M. Qiu, C.-C. Chu, T.-S. Yih, C.-Y. R. Wu, and W.-H. Ip, Formation of S-bearing species by VUV/EUV irradiation of H2S-containing ice mixtures. Photon Energy and Carbon Source Effects, Astrophy. J., 798, 80 (2015)

A. Jimenez-Escobar, G. M. Muñoz Caro*, and Y.-J. Chen, Sulfur depletion in dense clouds and circumstellar regions. Organic products made from UV photoprocessing of realistic ice analogs containing H2S, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 443, 343 (2014)
G. A. Cruz-Diaz, G. M. Muñoz Caro*, and Y.-J. Chen, Vacuum-UV absorption spectroscopy of interstellar ice analogs. III. Isotopic effects, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 439, 2370 (2014)
G. A. Cruz-Diaz, G. M. Muñoz Caro*, Y.-J. Chen, and T.-S. Yih, Vacuum-UV spectroscopy of interstellar ice analogs with a H2 lamp as a continuum emission source. I. Vacuum-UV absorption cross-section of polar ice molecules, Astron. Astrophy., 562, A119 (2014)
G. A. Cruz-Diaz, G. M. Muñoz Caro*, Y.-J. Chen, and T.-S. Yih, Vacuum-UV spectroscopy of interstellar ice analogs with a H2 lamp as a continuum emission source. II. Vacuum-UV absorption cross-section of nonpolar ice molecules, Astron. Astrophy., 562, A120 (2014)
M. Nuevo*, Y.-J. Chen, W.-J. Hu, J.-M. Qiu, S.-R. Wu, H.-S. Fung, C.-C. Chu, T.-S. Yih, W.-H. Ip, and C.-Y. Robert Wu, Irradiation of pyrimidine in pure H2O ice with high-energy ultraviolet photons, Astrobiology, 14, 119 (2014)
Y.-J. Chen*, K.-J. Chuang, G. M. Muñoz Caro, M. Nuevo, C.-C. Chu, T.-S. Yih, W.-H. Ip, and C.-Y. R. Wu, Vacuum ultraviolet emission spectrum of the microwave-discharge hydrogen-flow lamp in several configurations: application to photodesorption of CO ice, Astrophy. J., 781, 15 (2014)

Y.-J. Chen, A. Ciaravella*, C. Cecchi-Pestellin, A. Jimenez-Escobar, G. M. Muñoz Caro, K.-J. Chuang and T.-S. Yih, Soft X-ray irradiation of methanol ice: formation of products as a function of photon energy, Astrophy. J., 778, 162 (2013)