Dual Origin of Aerosols in Titan's Detached Haze Layer

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Nov 2011

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The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 741, Issue 2, article id. L32 (2011).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Planets And Satellites: Atmospheres, Planets And Satellites: Individual: Titan, Radiative Transfer, Scattering

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We have analyzed scattered light profiles from the Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem, taken at the limb and at several large phase angles. We also used results from an occultation observed by Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph in the ultraviolet. We found that particles responsible for the scattering in the detached haze have an effective radius around 0.15 μm and the aerosol size distribution follows a power law (exponent about -4.5). We discuss these results along with microphysical constraints and thermal equilibrium of the detached haze, and we conclude that only a strong interaction with atmospheric dynamics can explain such a structure.

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