COLLISIONAL COOLING AS AN ENVIRONMENT FOR PLANETARY RESEARCH

被引:7
作者
GOYETTE, TM [1 ]
DELUCIA, FC [1 ]
WILLEY, DR [1 ]
机构
[1] ALLEGHENY COLL, DEPT PHYS, MEADVILLE, PA 16335 USA
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D O I
10.1029/91JE01775
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
A new experimental technique which provides a laboratory environment much like that of the outer planets is described. More specifically this technique, collisional cooling, allows the study of the collisional properties of molecular species at temperatures which in ordinary spectroscopic cells would result in vanishingly small vapor pressures due to condensation. In this paper the basic theory of collisions is put forth, the experimental techniques described, and the results of pressure broadening studies for a number of species described.
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页码:17455 / 17461
页数:7
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