On the prospective detection of polyoxymethylene in comet 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko with the COSIMA instrument onboard Rosetta

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-92

  Le Roy, Léna ^a,b   Briani, Giacomo ^b,d   Briois, Christelle ^a   Cottin, Hervé ^b   Fray, Nicolas ^b   Thirkell, Laurent ^a   Poulet, Gilles ^a   Hilchenbach, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Cometary grains; COSIMA; Polyoxymethylene; Rosetta; TOF SIMS

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING SEQUENCES; COSIMA; LABORATORY MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TREATMENTS; POLYOXYMETHYLENE; POSITIVE MASS; ROSETTA; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETERS; SECONDARY IONS; TIME OF FLIGHT; TOF SIMS;

OLIGOMERS; SECONDARY EMISSION; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEPARATION; SPACE FLIGHT;

ACETAL RESINS;

EID: 84859159888     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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