Titan's atmosphere and climate

SM Hörst - Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Titan is the only moon with a substantial atmosphere, the only other thick N2 atmosphere
besides Earth's, the site of extraordinarily complex atmospheric chemistry that far surpasses …

Critical review of N, N+, N+ 2, N++, and N++ 2 main production processes and reactions of relevance to Titan's atmosphere

O Dutuit, N Carrasco, R Thissen, V Vuitton… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper is a detailed critical review of the production processes and reactions of N, N+,
N+ 2, N++, and N++ 2 of relevance to Titan's atmosphere. The review includes neutral, ion …

Simulating the density of organic species in the atmosphere of Titan with a coupled ion-neutral photochemical model

V Vuitton, RV Yelle, SJ Klippenstein, SM Hörst… - Icarus, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a one-dimensional coupled ion-neutral photochemical kinetics and diffusion
model to study the atmospheric composition of Titan in light of new theoretical kinetics …

The cosmic shoreline: The evidence that escape determines which planets have atmospheres, and what this may mean for Proxima Centauri B

KJ Zahnle, DC Catling - The Astrophysical Journal, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The Cosmic Shoreline: The Evidence that Escape Determines which Planets Have Atmospheres,
and what this May Mean for Proxima Centauri B - IOPscience This site uses cookies. By …

[HTML][HTML] Toward RNA life on early Earth: From atmospheric HCN to biomolecule production in warm little ponds

BKD Pearce, K Molaverdikhani, RE Pudritz… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The origin of life on Earth involves the early appearance of an information-containing
molecule such as RNA. The basic building blocks of RNA could have been delivered by …

The neutral photochemistry of nitriles, amines and imines in the atmosphere of Titan

JC Loison, E Hébrard, M Dobrijevic, KM Hickson… - Icarus, 2015 - Elsevier
The photochemistry of N 2 and CH 4 in the atmosphere of Titan leads to a very rich
chemistry which is not well understood. The aim of our study is to improve our understanding …

Aerosol growth in Titan's ionosphere

P Lavvas, RV Yelle, T Koskinen… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Photochemically produced aerosols are common among the atmospheres of our solar
system and beyond. Observations and models have shown that photochemical aerosols …

Structure and composition of Pluto's atmosphere from the New Horizons solar ultraviolet occultation

LA Young, JA Kammer, AJ Steffl, GR Gladstone… - Icarus, 2018 - Elsevier
The Alice instrument on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft observed an ultraviolet solar
occultation by Pluto's atmosphere on 2015 July 14. The transmission vs. altitude was …

The photochemical production of aromatics in the atmosphere of Titan

JC Loison, M Dobrijevic, KM Hickson - Icarus, 2019 - Elsevier
The photochemical processes at work in the atmosphere of Titan are very complex and lead
to a great variety of compounds with aerosols as an end-product. One of the most complex …

Chemical composition of Titan's atmosphere and ionosphere: Observations and the photochemical model

VA Krasnopolsky - Icarus, 2014 - Elsevier
Basic observational data on hydrocarbons, nitriles, and ions on Titan are compared with
predictions of the photochemical model. Uncertainties of the observed abundances and …