Astrochemistry: Complex organic matter in Titan's aerosols? (Reply)
Steller, M.; Atreya, S. K.; Owen, T.; Samuelson, R. E.; Szopa, C.; Coll, P.; Niemann, H. B.; Riedler, W.; Raulin, F.; Chassefière, E.; Hauchecorne, A.; Cabane, M.; Bauer, S. J.; Coscia, D.; Israël, G.; Brun, J. -F.; Condé, E.; Millian, P.; Nguyen, M. J.; Siguier, J. -M.; Sternberg, R.; Vidal-Madjar, C.
Abstract
Biemann et al. calls into question our preliminary interpretations of our experimental results. A comparison of laboratory and flight measurements should settle the uncertainties he raises. In addition to evaluating instrumental characteristics such as the 'piston effect', a technique we used for injecting oven-gas content for gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), such studies should enable a wide range of possible compositions for Titan's aerosols to be investigated. Our aerosol collection and pyrolysis (ACP) measurements in Titan's atmosphere can then be revisited.