Ion irradiation: Its relevance to the evolution of complex organics in the outer Solar System

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1077-1084

  Strazzulla, G ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROCARBON; ICE; PROTON;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MICROCLIMATE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBONS; ICE; NEPTUNE; PLUTO; PROTONS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; URANUS;

EID: 0031290435     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00356-6     Document Type: Article

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