Organic chemistry induced by corona discharges in Titan's troposphere: Laboratory simulations

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 274-280

  Ramírez, Sandra I ^a   Navarro González, Rafael ^b   Coll, Patrice ^c   Raulin, François ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^c LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Cassini Huygens; Corona discharges; Hydrocarbons; Nitriles; Titan; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BINARY MIXTURES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; METHANE; NITROGEN;

CASSINI-HUYGENS; CORONA DISCHARGES; NITRILES; TITAN;

TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 27644541457     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.09.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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