An experimental and theoretical investigation of the N(<sup>2</sup>D) + C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>6</sub> (benzene) reaction with implications for the photochemical models of Titan
Nadia Balucani, Adriana Caracciolo, Gianmarco Vanuzzo, Dimitrios Skouteris, Marzio Rosi, Leonardo Pacifici, Piergiorgio Casavecchia, Kevin M. Hickson, Jean‐Christophe Loison, M. Dobrijévic
Abstract
Low temperature kinetics, crossed beam experiments, calculations of the underlying potential energy surface and of the product branching fractions for the N( 2 D) + benzene reaction are reported. The results have been used in a photochemical model of Titan.
Topics & Concepts
Titan (rocket family)BenzeneChemistryKineticsChemical kineticsPhotochemistryChemical reaction kineticsBranching (polymer chemistry)Atomic physicsPhysical chemistryPhysicsAstrobiologyQuantum mechanicsOrganic chemistryAstro and Planetary ScienceAdvanced Chemical Physics StudiesAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies