Toward a reduction of the bimolecular reaction model for titan's ionosphere

Autor: Nathalie Carrasco, Michel Dobrijevic, Pascal Pernot, S. Plessis
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: International Journal of Chemical Kinetics. 40:699-709
ISSN: 1097-4601
0538-8066
Popis: The aim of this paper is to highlight the skeletal chemistry responsible for the rich ionospheric chemistry observed in Titan's atmosphere. The present database is represented by about 700 ion–molecule reactions, which are not all important to describe the system. Our criterion to reduce the list of reactions is to reproduce a reference mass spectrum within its uncertainties. This reference mass spectrum is obtained with the complete reaction database and with neutral densities optimized for the INMS mass spectrum measured at 1200 km during the T5 flyby. We compared two mechanism reduction methods, brute force screening and global sensitivity analysis. The analysis of the residual scheme with only 35 bimolecular reactions highlights several patterns, concerning in particular ionic growth processes and introduction of nitrogen to the ionic species. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 40: 699–709, 2008
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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