Laboratory experiments of Titan tholin formed in cold plasma at various pressures: Implications for nitrogen-containing polycyclic aromatic compounds in Titan haze

Icarus

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 344-366

  Imanaka, Hiroshi ^a,b   Khare, Bishun N ^a   Elsila, Jamie E ^c   Bakes, Emma L O ^a   McKay, Christopher P ^a   Cruikshank, Dale P ^a   Sugita, Seiji ^b   Matsui, Takafumi ^b   Zare, Richard N ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Haze; Nitrogen containing polycyclic aromatic compounds; Organic chemistry; Spectroscopy; Tholin; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842865631     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.12.014     Document Type: Article

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