Heavy positive ion groups in Titan's ionosphere: Cassini Plasma Spectrometer IBS observations

R Haythornthwaite; A Coates; G Jones; A Wellbrock; J Waite; Véronique Vuitton; Richard Hayth

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Heavy positive ion groups in Titan's ionosphere: Cassini Plasma Spectrometer IBS observations

R Haythornthwaite A Coates ¹ G Jones A Wellbrock ² J Waite ³ Véronique Vuitton ⁴ Richard Hayth

1 Department of Space and Climate Physics [UCL London]

MSSL - Mullard Space Science Laboratory

2 MSSL - Mullard Space Science Laboratory

3 Space Science Division [San Antonio]

4 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble

Abstract : • Heavy (170-310 amu) positive ion composition in Titan's ionosphere analysed for the first time using insitu data • Groups of ions are found and are consistent with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) and Polycyclic Aromatic Nitrogen Heterocyclics (PANH) interpretations • Part of a rich, linked neutral-cation-anion chemistry related to haze formation

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Sciences of the Universe [physics] / Astrophysics [astro-ph] / Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP]

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