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The Titan haze simulation experiment: Investigating Titan’s low-temperature atmospheric chemistry in a pulsed plasma jet expansion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2020

Ella Sciamma O’Brien Open the ORCID record for Ella Sciamma O’Brien [Opens in a new window] ,
Alexander W. Raymond ,
David Dubois ,
Eric Mazur  and
Farid Salama
Ella Sciamma O’Brien
Affiliation:
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA email: ella.m.sciammaobrien@nasa.gov
Alexander W. Raymond
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
David Dubois
Affiliation:
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA email: ella.m.sciammaobrien@nasa.gov Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Eric Mazur
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Farid Salama
Affiliation:
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA email: ella.m.sciammaobrien@nasa.gov
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Abstract

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The Titan Haze Simulation (THS) experiment is a unique experimental platform that allows to simulate Titan’s complex atmospheric chemistry at low Titan-like temperature by generating a plasma discharge in the stream of a plasma jet expansion. Both gas and solid phase products are generated and can be analyzed using different in-situ and ex-situ diagnostics. Here, we present an overall description of the work accomplished with the THS in the last 10 years, our current research efforts, and the important implications for the analysis of Cassini’s returned data and preparation for future Titan missions.

Keywords

planets and satellites: Titanatmospheric effectsmethods: laboratory

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