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Ultraviolet photochemistry of ethane: implications for the atmospheric chemistry of the gas giants

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: and/or H atom products are demonstrated and interpreted in terms of unimolecular decay following rapid non-adiabatic coupling to the ground state potential energy surface. These data serve to highlight parallels with methane photochemistry and limitations in contemporary models of the photoinduced stratospheric chemistry of the gas giants. The work identifies additional photochemical reactions that require incorporation into next generation extraterrestrial atmospheric chemistry models which should help rationalise hitherto unexplained aspects of the atmospheric ethane/acetylene ratios revealed by the Cassini-Huygens fly-by of Jupiter.

Source: Chemical Science

DOI: 10.1039/d0sc01746a

Authors: Yao Chang, Jiayue Yang, Zhichao Chen, Zhiguo Zhang, Yong Yu, Qingming Li, Zhigang He, Weiqing Zhang, Guorong Wu, Rebecca A. Ingle, Matthew Bain, Michael N. R. Ashfold, Kaijun Yuan, Xueming Yang, Christopher S. Hansen

Institutions: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Fuyang Normal University, University College London, University of Bristol, Southern University of Science and Technology, UNSW Sydney

Language: English

Topic: Astro and Planetary Science

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hokkaido University, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Australian Research Council

Awards: G1374084171, G1604477909, 利用极紫外自由电子激光研究水和二氧化碳分子的光化学, G1888934352, Chemical Applications of Velocity and Spatial Imaging, G2066619932, G3679280205, G4419183511, 高能碰撞反应O(3P)+H2的态态反应动力学研究, G5206132270, G5423247430, The true impact of fluorinated compounds in the atmosphere, G717053860, G786475436

OpenAlex ID: W3022640137

FWCI: 0.994

Cites: 47

Cited by: 12

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