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Low levels of sulphur dioxide contamination of Venusian phosphine spectra

Jane S. Greaves, Paul B. Rimmer, Anita M. S. Richards et al., 2022. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 514(2), 2994–3001.

Uses a JCMT sulphur dioxide spectrum from June 2017 and simultaneous ALMA 2019 data to estimate SO2 contamination of the phosphine line at about 10 per cent (JCMT) and 2 per cent or less (ALMA). The corrected spectra, at 6–8 sigma, give similar absorption depths in 2017 and 2019.

MYS0CQY1PJR4XT7 · mystery · click to copyMPhosphine in the clouds of VenusArticledoi: 10.1093/mnras/stac1438Checked against the original0

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The team's answer to the sulphur dioxide reading.

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Greaves, J. S., Rimmer, P. B., Richards, A. M. S., Petkowski, J. J., Bains, W., & et al. (2022). Low levels of sulphur dioxide contamination of Venusian phosphine spectra. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 514(2), 2994–3001. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1438
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