The Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Ions in the
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Y.H. Kim; J.L. Fox
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Article
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1994
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Elsevier Science
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English
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We have modeled the chemistry of hydrocarbon ions in the jovian ionosphere. We find that a layer of hydrocarbon ions is formed in the altitude range \(300-400 \mathrm{~km}\) above the ammonia cloud tops, due largely to direct ionization of hydrocarbons by photons in the wings of the \(\mathrm{H}_{2}