期刊
ICARUS
卷 248, 期 -, 页码 340-346出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.10.049
关键词
Titan; Abundance, atmosphere; IR spectroscopy; IR observations
资金
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/K00106X/1, ST/I001948/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- STFC [ST/I001948/1, ST/K00106X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Dicyanoacetylene has not been observed so far in the gas phase in Titan's atmosphere but this molecule is still on the list of the detected species, on the basis of the correspondence between a solid phase feature measured at 478 cm(-1) in the laboratory and a spectral feature observed by Voyager. In this work, the infrared spectrum of gaseous C4N2 has been investigated to improve our knowledge of the band intensities and the line parameters for this molecule. Results of previously investigated bands have been revised and the intensity of the v(9) band at 107 cm(-1), measured for the first time, was found to be the strongest absorption in the whole infrared domain. We have also improved the analysis of the complex rotational and hot band structure of C4N2 in order to obtain the first line lists for both bending modes v(8) and v(9). Using our radiative transfer code including the new line list of the strong v(9) band, we have searched for the signature of C4N2 at 107 cm(-1) in the atmosphere of Titan utilizing Titan CIRS far infrared spectra. Despite averaging a large number of CIRS spectra at northern latitudes during the very favorable Titan winter, no gaseous C4N2 could be detected. At the 1-sigma level we obtain an abundance upper limit of 5.3 x 10(-10) for the limb average which is lower than or comparable to previously inferred values. As a consequence, the absence or very low amount of gaseous C4N2 makes quite puzzling its presence in the solid phase with an abundance compatible with the observed spectral feature at 478 cm(-1). (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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