Cosmic-ray-mediated formation of benzene on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 718, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1243-1251

  Zhou, Li ^a,g   Zheng, Weijun ^a,h   Kaiser, Ralf I ^a   Landera, Alexander ^b   Mebel, Alexander M ^b   Liang, Mao Chang ^c,d,e   Yung, Yuk L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Astrochemistry; Comets: general; Methods: laboratory; Molecular processes; Planets and satellites: individual (Titan)

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049522582     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/718/2/1243     Document Type: Article

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