Influence of the sample mineralogy on the nature of the organic compounds detected by the SAM experiment analysis condition at Gale Crater

I. Belmahdi (1) , A. Buch (1) , P. Francois (2) , Cyril Szopa (3) , J. Eigenbrode (4) , Patrice Coll (2) , T. Dequaire (2) , Maeva Millan (3) , S. Teinturier (4) , Jean-Yves Bonnet (5) , P. Mahaffy (4) , Michel Cabane (3)

1 LGPM - Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés et Matériaux - EA 4038
2 LISA (UMR_7583) - Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques
3 PLANETO - LATMOS
4 GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
5 LATMOS - Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales

All the aliphatic and aromatic molecules detected will be presented and the phenomenon involved on the pyrolysis of samples will be shown. From these results we will be able to better understand the origin of the organic molecules detected with SAM.

Domains: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP]; Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]; Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR]

I. Belmahdi, A. Buch, P. Francois, Cyril Szopa, J. Eigenbrode, et al.. Influence of the sample mineralogy on the nature of the organic compounds detected by the SAM experiment analysis condition at Gale Crater. European Planetary Science Congress 2015, Sep 2015, Nantes, France. pp.EPSC2015-360. ⟨insu-01213357⟩