0580547 - ÚFP 2024 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Heays, A.N. - Kaiserová, T. - Rimmer, P. B. - Knížek, A. - Petera, L. - Civiš, S. - Juha, Libor - Dudžák, Roman - Krůs, Miroslav - Scherf, M. - Lammer, H. - Pascal, R. - Ferus, M.
Nitrogen Oxide Production in Laser-Induced Breakdown Simulating Impacts on the Hadean Atmosphere.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. Roč. 127, č. 3 (2022), č. článku e2021JE006842. ISSN 2169-9097. E-ISSN 2169-9100
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA21-11366S; GA MŠMT EF16_019/0000778; GA MŠMT(CZ) LM2018114
Institutional support: RVO:61389021
Keywords : Hadean * impact * libs * nitrous oxide * NOx * warming
OECD category: Optics (including laser optics and quantum optics)
Impact factor: 4.8, year: 2022 ; AIS: 1.829, rok: 2022
Method of publishing: Limited access
Result website:
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021JE006842DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE006842

The high-energy-density synthesis of NxOy species is simulated in gas mixtures representing an O2-free early-Earth atmosphere by terawatt-kilojoule-class laser-induced dielectric breakdown (LIDB). These experiments differ from previous LIDB experiments due to the 100 times greater energy delivered per pulse and sensitive analysis of products by high-resolution infrared spectroscopy. The measured yields of NO, N2O, and NO2 are 0.08–8 × 1015, 5 × 1012, and 0.03–7 × 1014 molec J −1. The high N2O yield is above the upper-limit constraint of previous tabletop LIDB experiments and the expected yield of a thermochemical freeze-out at any temperature between 2000 and 5000 K, while the NO and NO2 yields are in broad agreement with freeze-out models. Using a one dimensional chemical model of the Hadean atmosphere and a simple model of late bombardment, we compute the source flux of N2O assuming the same high production yield as measured experimentally and find the steady-state partial pressure of N2O is insufficient to warm the climate.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0349307