Photodissociation of the diacetylene dimer and implications for hydrocarbon growth in Titan's atmosphere

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 714, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1249-1255

  Huang, Cunshun ^a   Zhang, Fangtong ^b   Kaiser, Ralf I ^b   Kislov, Vadim V ^c   Mebel, Alexander M ^c   Silva, Ruchira ^a   Gichuhi, Wilson K ^a   Suits, Arthur G ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrochemistry; ISM: clouds; Planets and satellites: general; Planets and satellites: individual (Saturn, Titan)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951675062     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/714/2/1249     Document Type: Article

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