5 papers
Titan: Earth-like on the Outside, Ocean World on the Inside
Shannon M. MacKenzie, Samuel P. D. Birch, Sarah Horst +30
Thanks to the Cassini-Huygens mission, Titan, the pale orange dot of Pioneer and Voyager encounters has been revealed to be a dynamic, hydrologically-shaped, organic-rich ocean wor…
Critical Laboratory Studies to Advance Planetary Science and Support Missions
Edith Fayolle, Laurie Barge, Morgan Cable +18
Laboratory studies for planetary science and astrobiology aimat advancing our understanding of the Solar System through the promotion of theoretical and experimental research into…
Ultraviolet-Based Science in the Solar System: Advances and Next Steps
Amanda R. Hendrix, Tracy M. Becker, Dennis Bodewits +25
We review the importance of recent UV observations of solar system targets and discuss the need for further measurements, instrumentation and laboratory work in the coming decade.…
2018 NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop: Scientific Organizing Committee Report
N. Brickhouse, G. J. Ferland, S. Milam +6
This report provides detailed findings on the critical laboratory astrophysics data needs that are required to maximize the scientific return for NASA's current and near-term plann…
The Fundamental Vibrational Frequencies and Spectroscopic Constants of the Dicyanoamine Anion, NCNCN (CN): Quantum Chemical Analysis for Astrophysical and Planetary Environments
David Dubois, Ella Sciamma-O'Brien, Ryan Fortenberry
Detecting anions in space has relied on a strong collaboration between theoretical and laboratory analyses to measure rotational spectra and spectroscopic constants to high accurac…