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Titan's Ethane Appeared Without a High-Resolution Line List

Cross-section templates extended molecular cross-correlation spectroscopy beyond traditional line-by-line inputs.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-09-04-019
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Summary

Cross-section templates extended molecular cross-correlation spectroscopy beyond traditional line-by-line inputs.

CRIRES+ observations recovered methane and acetylene and produced the first reported HRCCS ethane detection at signal-to-noise 5.17 ± 0.07. The method may expand atmospheric searches where complete line lists are unavailable.

Why it matters

Cross-section templates extended molecular cross-correlation spectroscopy beyond traditional line-by-line inputs.

Limits and context

No additional limitation was separately recorded.

Key claims

  1. Cross-section templates extended molecular cross-correlation spectroscopy beyond traditional line-by-line inputs.

    Evidence: source-2026-09-04-021

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2609.03975arXiv · primary research

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