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Author Käufl, H. U.; Rothermal, H.; Drapatz, S. openurl 
  Title Investigation of the Martian atmosphere by 10 micron heterodyne spectroscopy Type Journal Article
  Year 1984 Publication Astron. Astrophys. Abbreviated Journal A&A  
  Volume 136 Issue Pages (up) 319-325  
  Keywords astronomical spectroscopy, atmospheric composition, infrared astronomy, mars atmosphere, spectral line width, carbon dioxide concentration, nonequilibrium thermodynamics, optical heterodyning, planetary radiation, mars, atmosphere, spectroscopy, atmosphere, carbon dioxide, altitude, kinetics, rotation, thermal properties, temperature, emissions, intensity, models, data, spectra  
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  Call Number Serial 449  
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Author Soifer, B. T.; Pipher, J. L. url  doi
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  Title Instrumentation for infrared astronomy Type Journal Article
  Year 1978 Publication Annual Rev. Astron. Astrophys. Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 16 Issue 1 Pages (up) 335-369  
  Keywords infrared applications  
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  Call Number Serial 492  
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Author Rothermel, H.; Käufl, H. U.; Yu, Y. openurl 
  Title A heterodyne spectrometer for astronomical measurements at 10 micrometers Type Journal Article
  Year 1983 Publication Astron. Astrophys. Abbreviated Journal A&A  
  Volume 126 Issue Pages (up) 387-392  
  Keywords astronomical spectroscopy, infrared astronomy, infrared spectrometers, optical heterodyning, infrared telescopes, laser spectrometers, mars (planet), venus (planet)  
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  Call Number Serial 453  
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Author González, F. J.; Boreman, G. D. openurl 
  Title Comparison of dipole, bowtie, spiral and log-periodic IR antennas Type Journal Article
  Year 2005 Publication Infrared Physics & Technology Abbreviated Journal Inf Phys & Technol  
  Volume 46 Issue 5 Pages (up) 418-428  
  Keywords optical antennas; Microbolometer; Infrared antennas; Antenna efficiency; Antenna-coupled detectors  
  Abstract Antenna-coupled microbolometers use planar lithographic antennas to couple infrared radiation into a bolometer with sub-micron dimensions. In this paper four different types of infrared antennas were fabricated on thin grounded-substrates and coupled to microbolometers. Dipole, bowtie, spiral and log-periodic IR antenna-coupled detectors were measured at 10.6 μm and their performance compared. A new method to calculate the radiation efficiency based on the spatial and angular response of infrared antennas is presented and used to evaluate their performance. The calculated radiation efficiency for the dipole, bowtie, spiral and log-periodic IR antennas was 20%, 37%, 25% and 46% respectively. A dipole-length study was performed and shows that the quasistatic value of the effective permittivity accurately describes the incident wavelength in the substrate at infrared frequencies for antennas on a thin substrate.  
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Author Krasnopolsky, Vladimir A.; Maillard, Jean Pierre; C. Owen, Tobias openurl 
  Title Detection of methane in the martian atmosphere: evidence for life? Type Journal Article
  Year 2004 Publication Icarus Abbreviated Journal Icarus  
  Volume 172 Issue 2 Pages (up) 537-547  
  Keywords FTS, Mars atmosphere, methane absorption lines, IR spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, landfill gas  
  Abstract Using the Fourier Transform Spectrometer at the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope, we observed a spectrum of Mars at the P-branch of the strongest CH4 band at 3.3 μm with resolving power of 180,000 for the apodized spectrum. Summing up the spectral intervals at the expected positions of the 15 strongest Doppler-shifted martian lines, we detected the absorption by martian methane at a 3.7 sigma level which is exactly centered in the summed spectrum. The observed CH4 mixing ratio is 10±3 ppb. Total photochemical loss of CH4 in the martian atmosphere is equal to View the MathML source, the CH4 lifetime is 340 years and methane should be uniformly mixed in the atmosphere. Heterogeneous loss of atmospheric methane is probably negligible, while the sink of CH4 during its diffusion through the regolith may be significant. There are no processes of CH4 formation in the atmosphere, so the photochemical loss must therefore be balanced by abiogenic and biogenic sources. Outgassing from Mars is weak, the latest volcanism is at least 10 million years old, and thermal emission imaging from the Mars Odyssey orbiter does not reveal any hot spots on Mars. Hydrothermal systems can hardly be warmer than the room temperature at which production of methane is very low in terrestrial waters. Therefore a significant production of hydrothermal and magmatic methane is not very likely on Mars. The calculated average production of CH4 by cometary impacts is 2% of the methane loss. Production of methane by meteorites and interplanetary dust does not exceed 4% of the methane loss. Methane cannot originate from an extinct biosphere, as in the case of “natural gas” on Earth, given the exceedingly low limits on organic matter set by the Viking landers and the dry recent history which has been extremely hostile to the macroscopic life needed to generate the gas. Therefore, methanogenesis by living subterranean organisms is a plausible explanation for this discovery. Our estimates of the biomass and its production using the measured CH4 abundance show that the martian biota may be extremely scarce and Mars may be generally sterile except for some oases.  
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