The millimeter spectrum of Titan - Detectability of HCN, HC3N, and CH3CN and the CO abundance

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Abundance, Acetonitrile, Atmospheric Composition, Cyanoacetylene, Millimeter Waves, Planetary Atmospheres, Radio Astronomy, Titan, Carbon Monoxide, Hydrocyanic Acid, Line Spectra, Methyl Compounds, Radiative Transfer, Radio Telescopes, Voyager 1977 Mission

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The flux emitted by Titan's disk in millimeter lines of HCN, HC3N, CH3CN, and CO is calculated by means of a radiative transfer formulation which takes into account the sphericity of the atmosphere. It is demonstrated that the plane-parallel approximation for radiative transfer is no longer valid, especially in the core of emission lines, when Titan is not spatially resolved. The observability of (1-0) and (2-1) transitions of CO, of (1-0), (2-1), and (3-2) transitions of HCN is investigated.

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