Laboratory studies of organic chemistry in planetary atmospheres: From simulation experiments to spectroscopic determinations

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Sep 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994jgr....9919047b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 99, Issue E9, p. 19047-19062

Physics

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Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Atmospheres-Composition And Chemistry, Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Instruments And Techniques, Planetology: Fluid Planets: Atmospheres-Composition And Chemistry, Planetology: Fluid Planets: Instruments And Techniques

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Possible approaches to the study of organic chemistry in planetary atmospheres are threefold: they comprise theoretical modeling, similation experiments, and observational programs. Because of their respective merits and limitations, these approaches are quite complementary, and their simultaneous improvement is the way to progress further in the field. All three ask for laboratory work, and the lack, or limited accuracy, of laboratory data is the main restriction to future improvement. Together with the development of theoretical modeling (based on chemical kinetics and depending on laboratory studies of reaction pathways and rate constants) laboratory simulation remains a powerful technique. Despite the inaccurate reproduction of all planetary conditions, this experimental approach yields precious information on the nature of middle and higher order molecular weight organics that can be expected in an atmosphere of a given overall composition; and there is, in general, good agreement between the data obtained from simulations and those derived from observations. Indeed, several of the organic species highlighted in such experiments, and their relative abundancies, are compatible with those detected in related planetary atmospheres. This is shown in the particular case of Titan. Thus experimental results furnish information on the nature of organics to be searched for in planetary atmospheres, while, in turn, the detection of such candidates and possible indications of their concentration profiles, or the setting of upper limits to their abundances, constrain the kinetic approach. Given the lists of candidates from simulation experiments, experimental programs for a systematic determination of spectroscopic characteristics, including frequencies and band or line intensities, of the likely organics in planetary atmospheres, have to be developed. As an example, experimental requirements and current results, both in the IR and the UV range, are presented concerning Titan's atmosphere in view of the Cassini-Huygens mission.

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