Simulation of Titan haze formation using a photochemical flow reactor. The optical constant of the polymer

Icarus

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 379-390

  Tran, Buu N ^a   Joseph, Jeffrey C ^a   Ferris, James P ^a   Persans, Peter D ^b   Chera, John J ^c  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Electric discharges; Haze; IR spectroscopy; Photochemistry; Refractive index; Tholin; Titan; UV spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141976813     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00209-4     Document Type: Article

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