Production of neutral species in Titan's ionosphere through dissociative recombination of ions

Icarus

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 254-266

  Plessis, Sylvain ^a   Carrasco, Nathalie ^c   Dobrijevic, Michel ^b,d   Pernot, Pascal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, Chemistry; Ionospheres; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860234428     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.02.032     Document Type: Article

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