Ultraviolet photolysis of amino acids in a 100 K water ice matrix: Application to the outer Solar System bodies

Icarus

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 584-591

  Orzechowska, Grazyna E ^a   Goguen, Jay D ^a   Johnson, Paul V ^a   Tsapin, Alexandre ^a   Kanik, Isik ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; Exobiology; Ices; Organic chemistry; Satellites; surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847622546     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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