Photoabsorption cross section of methane from 1400 to 1850 Å.
Abstract
Photoabsorption cross sections of methane in the 1400-1850-A spectral region have been measured. Cross sections at wavelengths greater than 1475 A are approximately 200 times smaller than those currently accepted. This has a significant effect on the interpretation of spectral measurements of the Jovian planets in this wavelength region.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- May 1977
- DOI:
- 10.1086/182440
- Bibcode:
- 1977ApJ...214L..47M
- Keywords:
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- Absorption Cross Sections;
- Methane;
- Photoabsorption;
- Planetary Atmospheres;
- Ultraviolet Spectra;
- Atmospheric Composition;
- Atmospheric Scattering;
- Error Analysis;
- Rayleigh Scattering;
- Astrophysics