ALMA observations of Titan : Vertical and spatial distribution of HNC and C2H5CN
Abstract
We report submm observations of Titan performed with the ALMA interferometer centered at the rotational frequencies of HCN(4-3) and HNC(4-3), i.e. 354 and 362 GHz. These measurements yielded disk-resolved emission spectra of Titan with an angular resolution of ~0.47''. Titan's angular surface diameter was 0.77''. Data were acquired in summer 2012 near the greatest eastern and western elongations of Titan at a spectral resolution of 122 kHz (λ/d λ = 3106).We have obtained maps of several nitriles present in Titan' stratosphere: HCN, HC3N, CH3CN, HNC, C2H5CN and other weak lines (isotopes, vibrationnally excited lines).We will present radiative transfer analysis of the spectra acquired focused on HNC and C2H5CN. With the combination of all these detected rotational lines, we will constrain the spatial and vertical distribution of these species.
- Publication:
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AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts #48
- Pub Date:
- October 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016DPS....4850903M