Publication
- Names
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- E. Quirico
- B. Schmitt
- Title
- A spectroscopic study of CO diluted in N2 ice: Applications for Triton and Pluto
- Abstract
- This paper presents an experimental study of CO diluted in solid N2. We show that the 0-2 band of CO (peaking at ~4250 cm^-1) is sensitive to the dilution in N2, and that its frequency, width, and peak intensity are significantly sensitive to the crystalline phase (alpha or beta) of solid N2. Moreover, in both N2 phases, the width and peak intensity of the band are also sensitive to temperature. Finally, we discuss how these results can be used to analyze near-infrared reflectance spectra of Triton and Pluto and, in particular, how they can give information on the temperature and crystal phase of solid N2.
- Keywords
- FTIR spectrometer, spectroscopy, transmission, absorption coefficient spectra, band position, band width, band intensity, band vibration mode, near-IR, thermal process, molecular solid, ice, CO, (13)CO, C(17)O, C(18)O, (13)C(18)O, N2, Triton, Pluto
- Content
- instrument-technique, sample, spectral data, band list data, planetary sciences
- Document type
- article
- Publication state
- published
- Doi
- 10.1006/icar.1997.5710
- Identifiers
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- URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/icar.1997.5710
- bibcode: 1997Icar..128..181Q]