期刊
ICARUS
卷 253, 期 -, 页码 179-188出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.02.027
关键词
Ices, IR spectroscopy; Pluto; Trans-neptunian objects
资金
- NASA's Outer Planets Research program [NNX11AM53G]
- National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Undergraduates grant [AST-1004107]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences [1004107] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- NASA [NNX11AM53G, 141542] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
The methane-nitrogen phase diagram of Prokhvatilov and Yantsevich (1983. Sov. J. Low Temp. Phys. 9, 94-98) indicates that at temperatures relevant to the surfaces of icy dwarf planets like Pluto, two phases contribute to the methane absorptions: nitrogen saturated with methane (N-2) over bar :CH4 and methane saturated with nitrogen (CH4) over bar :N-2. No optical constants are available so far for the latter component limiting construction of a proper model, in compliance with thermodynamic equilibrium considerations. New optical constants for solid solutions of methane diluted in nitrogen (N-2:CH4) and nitrogen diluted in methane (CH4:N-2) are presented at temperatures between 40 and 90 K, in the wavelength range 1.1-2.7 mu m at different mixing ratios. These optical constants are derived from transmission measurements of crystals grown from the liquid phase in closed cells. A systematic study of the changes of methane and nitrogen solid mixtures spectral behavior with mixing ratio and temperature is presented. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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