UV photolysis of quinoline in interstellar ice analogs

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 785-796

  Elsila, Jamie E ^a   Hammond, Matthew R ^b   Bernstein, Max P ^a   Sandford, Scott A ^a   Zare, Richard N ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PAH; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 33744490074     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00992.x     Document Type: Article

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