Laboratory light-scattering measurements with Titan's aerosols analogues produced by a dusty plasma

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1631-1641

  Hadamcik, E ^a   Renard, J B ^b   Alcouffe, G ^c   Cernogora, G ^c   Levasseur Regourd, A C ^a   Szopa, C ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LPCE CNRS   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Dusty plasma; Laboratory experiment; Light scattering; Linear polarization; Titan's haze analogue

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; CAPACITIVELY COUPLED PLASMAS; DUSTY PLASMA; DUSTY PLASMAS; EQUIVALENT DIAMETER; EX SITU; GAS FLOWS; GASPHASE; IRREGULAR PARTICLE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING MEASUREMENT; LINEAR POLARIZATION; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; PHASE ANGLES; PLASMA DURATION; PLASMA PARAMETER; POLARIZATION PHASE; PRODUCTION CONDITION; RF-POWER; SCATTERED LIGHT; SEM IMAGING; SOLID GRAINS; SPACE OBSERVATIONS; TITAN'S ATMOSPHERE; TITAN'S HAZE ANALOGUE;

AERODYNAMICS; AGGLOMERATION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; DUST; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW OF GASES; GAS ABSORPTION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LIGHT SCATTERING; METHANATION; METHANE; PLASMA THEORY; POLARIZATION; REFRACTION; SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR PLASMAS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 70350602098     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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