Published September 7, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Size study of dust produced in a CCP RF discharge for the simulation of Titan's chemistry

  • 1. Universite de Versailles St-Quentin Service d'Aeronomie, BP 3 91371 Verrieres le Buisson (France)
  • 2. UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Service d'Aeronomie, BP 3 91371 Verrieres le Buisson (France)
  • 3. LPCE/CNRS 45071 Orleans Cedex (France)

Description

A radio-frequency discharge in a N2-CH4 gaseous mixture is used to reproduce Titan's aerosols. To understand the dust growth mechanisms, the effect of different parameters on their size is studied. It is shown that the tholins are bigger for a large amount of methane and for a lower gas flow in the plasma. The evolution of tholins' size with plasma duration is also presented.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1041
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 171-172
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
5. international conference on the physics of dusty plasmas
Dates
18-23 May 2008
Place
Ponta Degada, Azores (Portugal)

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(c) 2008 American Institute of Physics