Millimeter and Submillimeter Investigations of Planetary Atmospheres at OVRO

Muhleman博士将执行一个为期三年的项目，对行星大气进行毫米和亚毫米波长的观测。这项工作的天文台将是加州理工学院的欧文斯谷无线电天文台（OVRO）。使用的主要仪器将是OVRO 6元毫米波阵列。这项工作构成了主要研究者先前在NSF拨款AST 93-21602下进行的研究的延续。通过关注一系列简单分子（如水、氧、一氧化碳和氰化氢）作为痕量物种，Muhleman博士将研究金星、火星、海王星、泰坦和木卫一大气的温度、压力、风和化学结构。观测的空间分辨率为1角秒。PI希望在不久的将来将小行星观测添加到要调查的天体中。* * *

95-29511 Muhleman Dr. Muhleman will carry out a 3-year project of millimeter and submillimeter wavelength observations of planetary atmospheres. The observatory for this work will be the Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) of the California Institute of Technology. The principal instrument to be used will be the OVRO 6-Element Millimeter Wavelength Array. This work constitutes a continuation of research that the Principal Investigator carried out previously with NSF Grant AST 93-21602. By focusing on a range of simple molecules (such as water, oxygen, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen cyanide) as trace species, Dr. Muhleman will investigate the temperature, pressure, winds, and chemical structures of the atmospheres of Venus, Mars, Neptune, Titan, and Io. The spatial resolution of the observations will be one arc second. The PI expects to add asteroid observations in the near future to the bodies to be investigated. ***