Fig. 4: Neutral yields from the spontaneous decay of C24H\({}_{x}^{+}\), C23H\({}_{x}^{+}\), and C22H\({}_{x}^{+}\) ions as a function of the storage time in DESIREE. | Nature Communications

Fig. 4: Neutral yields from the spontaneous decay of C24H\({}_{x}^{+}\), C23H\({}_{x}^{+}\), and C22H\({}_{x}^{+}\) ions as a function of the storage time in DESIREE.

From: Survival of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon knockout fragments in the interstellar medium

Fig. 4

The curves show fits Eq. (1) and the respective exponents are given in the legend. The different data sets have been offset vertically to improve legibility. The constant levels reached after 10 ms are dominated by the detector background and are the same for all three measurements before they are shifted. Note the log-log scale. The error bars represent the 1σ statistical uncertainties of each data point. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.

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