Ultraviolet photolysis of anthracene in H2O interstellar ice analogs: Potential connection to meteoritic organics

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2035-2041

  Ashbourn, Samantha F M ^a,b   Elsila, Jamie E ^b,d   Dworkin, Jason P ^c   Bernstein, Max P ^b   Sandford, Scott A ^b   Allamandola, Louis J ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 43149103155     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb01005.x     Document Type: Article

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