Levine J S, Rogowski R S
Orig Life. 1975 Jul;6(3):395-9. doi: 10.1007/BF01130340.
A search for fluorescent emission due to the presence of possible organic molecules in the Jovian atmosphere is described. We first consider natural Jovian fluorescent emission excited by precipitating auroral particles. Due to our lack of knowledge of the Jovian precipitation particle energies and fluxes we next consider fluorescent emission excited by a laser system aboard a Jupiter spacecraft. Laser-induced fluorescence is routinely used to monitor trace constituents and pollutants in the terrestrial atmosphere. Several spacecraft laser systems are currently under development. Our calculations indicate that laser-induced fluorescent detection is approximately two orders of magnitude more sensitive than rocket ultraviolet measurements of possible Jovian absorption features at 2600 A that have been attributed to the presence of adenine or benzene.
描述了对木星大气层中可能存在的有机分子所产生的荧光发射的搜寻。我们首先考虑由沉降的极光粒子激发的自然木星荧光发射。由于我们对木星沉降粒子的能量和通量缺乏了解，接下来我们考虑由木星航天器上的激光系统激发的荧光发射。激光诱导荧光通常用于监测地球大气层中的痕量成分和污染物。目前有几个航天器激光系统正在研发中。我们的计算表明，激光诱导荧光检测比火箭对木星在2600埃处可能的吸收特征进行的紫外测量大约灵敏两个数量级，这些吸收特征被归因于腺嘌呤或苯的存在。
