PAMPRE: A dusty plasma experiment for Titan's tholins production and study

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 394-404

  Szopa, Cyril ^a   Cernogora, Guy ^a   Boufendi, Laifa ^b   Correia, Jean J ^a   Coll, Patrice ^c  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Cold plasma; Laboratory simulation; Physico chemical properties; Tholins; Titan

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHOTONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

COLD PLASMA; LABORATORY SIMULATION; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; THOLINS; TITAN;

PLASMAS;

EID: 33644990837     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2005.12.012     Document Type: Article

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