Photoabsorption cross sections of methane and ethane, 1380-1600 A, at T equals 295 K and T equals 200 K

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Aug 1978

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor, vol. 224, Aug. 15, 1978, p. L35-L38.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Ethane, Jupiter Atmosphere, Methane, Photoabsorption, Planetary Composition, Ultraviolet Absorption, Absorption Cross Sections, Albedo, Gas Composition, Gas Temperature, Room Temperature, Temperature Effects, Ultraviolet Astronomy

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Photoabsorption cross sections of methane and ethane have been determined in the wavelength range from 1380 to 1600 A at room (295 K) and dry-ice (200 K) temperatures. It is found that the room-temperature ethane data are in excellent agreement with the older measurements of Okabe and Becker (1963) rather than with more recent determinations and that a small systematic blueshift occurs at the foot of the molecular absorption edges of both gases as the gases are cooled from room temperature to 200 K, a value close to the actual temperature of the Jovian atmosphere. It is concluded that methane photoabsorption will dominate until its cross section is about 0.01 that of ethane, which occurs at about 1440 A, and that ethane should be the dominant photoabsorber in the Jovian atmosphere in the region from above 1440 A to not farther than 1575 A.

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