Publication
Reference
Pavithraa S., Lo J.I., Rahul K., Raja B.N., Cheng B.M., Mason N.J., Sivaraman B. (2018). Vacuum ultraviolet photoabsorption of prime ice analogues of Pluto and Charon. Spectrochim. Acta, Part A, 190, 172 - 176.
Names
  • S. Pavithraa
  • J.I. Lo
  • K. Rahul
  • B.N. Raja
  • B.M. Cheng
  • N.J. Mason
  • B. Sivaraman
Article and keywords
Title
Vacuum ultraviolet photoabsorption of prime ice analogues of Pluto and Charon
Abstract
Here we present the first Vacuum UltraViolet (VUV) photoabsorption spectra of ice analogues of Pluto and Charon ice mixtures. For Pluto the ice analogue is an icy mixture containing nitrogen (N2), carbon monoxide (CO), methane (CH4) and water (H2O) prepared with a 100:1:1:3 ratio, respectively. Photoabsorption of icy mixtures with and without H2O were recorded and no significant changes in the spectra due to presence of H2O were observed. For Charon a VUV photoabsorption spectra of an ice analogue containing ammonia (NH3) and H2O prepared with a 1:1 ratio was recorded, a spectrum of ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH) was also recorded. These spectra may help to interpret the P-Alice data from New Horizons.
Keywords
Astrochemistry methods, Laboratory, Solid state techniques, Spectroscopic
Content
spectral data
Year
2018
Journal
Spectrochimica Acta, Part A
Volume
190
Pages
172 - 176
Document type
article
Publication state
published
Comments
None
Doi
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2017.08.060
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