Optical constants of Titan tholins at mid-infrared wavelengths (2.5-25μm) and the possible chemical nature of Titan's haze particles

Icarus

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 247-261

  Imanaka, Hiroshi ^a,b   Cruikshank, Dale P ^c   Khare, Bishun N ^b,c   McKay, Christopher P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared observations; Organic chemistry; Spectroscopy; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855791349     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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