Can laboratory tholins mimic the chemistry producing Titan's aerosols? A review in light of ACP experimental results

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-103

  Coll, P ^a,b   Navarro Gonzalez R ^b   Szopa, C ^c   Poch, O ^a   Ramirez S I ^d   Coscia, D ^c   Raulin, F ^a   Cabane, M ^c   Buch, A ^e   Israel G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES QUÍMICAS   (Mexico)

^e ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Astrobiology; Cassini Huygens; Tholins; Titan

Indexed keywords

CASSINI-HUYGENS; CASSINI-HUYGENS MISSION; CHEMICAL FINGERPRINT; PLANETARY SCIENTIST; RADIATIVE EQUILIBRIUM; TERRESTRIAL LABORATORIES; THOLINS; TITAN;

ASTROBIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 84875466725     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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