XANES analysis of organic residues produced from the UV irradiation of astrophysical ice analogs

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1126-1135

  Nuevo, M ^a   Milam, S N ^a,b,f   Sandford, S A ^a   De Gregorio, B T ^c,g   Cody, G D ^d   Kilcoyne, A L D ^e  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Extraterrestrial materials; Ices; UV irradiation; XANES spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ICE; ION BOMBARDMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

AMPHIPHILIC COMPOUND; ASTROPHYSICAL ICE ANALOGS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATERIAL; HYDROLYSIS PRODUCTS; MOLECULAR PRECURSOR; UV IRRADIATION; XANES MEASUREMENTS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 79961014654     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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