A chamber for studying planetary environments and its applications to astrobiology

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2274-2280

  Mateo Marti E ^a   Prieto Ballesteros, O ^a   Sobrado, J M ^a   Gomez Elvira J ^a   Martin Gago J A ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental chamber; Irradiation; Modelling; Planetology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ASTROBIOLOGY; MODELING; NOBLE-GAS DISCHARGE UV LAMP; PLANETOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33746308351     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/17/8/031     Document Type: Article

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