Photoabsorption cross section of methane from 1400 to 1850 Å. (original) (raw)

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• Warden, E. S. ;
• Moos, H. W.

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:

The Astrophysical Journal

Pub Date:

May 1977

DOI:

10.1086/182440

Bibcode:

1977ApJ...214L..47M

Keywords:

• Absorption Cross Sections;
• Methane;
• Photoabsorption;
• Planetary Atmospheres;
• Ultraviolet Spectra;
• Atmospheric Composition;
• Atmospheric Scattering;
• Error Analysis;
• Rayleigh Scattering;
• Astrophysics