Ultraviolet photolysis and proton irradiation of astrophysical ice analogs containing hydrogen cyanide

Icarus

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 202-213

  Gerakines, P A ^a   Moore, M H ^b   Hudson, R L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comers, composition; Lees; Photochemistry; Radiation chemistry; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142747526     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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