Phosphene争议:是Phosphene吗?金星上有生命吗?
The Phosphene Controversy: Is it Phosphene? Is there life on Venus?
摘要:
2020年9月14日,英国皇家天文学会发表了一份官方声明,并就金星上发现磷化氢的问题举行了一次网络研讨会。JCMT和ALMA望远镜对磷化氢进行的单线毫米波段光谱探测(信噪比为$\approx$ 15 $σ$)表明,磷化氢的丰度为20 ppb(十亿分之一),比地球上的丰度高出1000倍。磷化氢是一种重要的生物标志物,媒体立即猜测在金星上发现了生命的迹象。本文分析了金星云层中磷化氢的光谱吸收特征的研究和观测结果,从而揭示了磷化氢作为一种潜在的生物特征。如果磷化氢是通过生物途径而不是非生物途径产生的,这一发现可能意味着金星大气中有大量的生物量。这一发现引发了一场重大的争论,人们对分析和结果提出了批评,并对它做出了回应。这个问题仍然没有得到解决,导致了对金星研究的新兴趣,包括地面观测以及可以最终回答这些问题的太空探测器。
英文摘要:
On 14th September 2020, the Royal Astronomical Society made an official statement coupled with a webminar on the discovery of phosphine on Venus. Single-line millimetre-waveband spectral detections of phosphine (with a signal-to-noise ratio of $\approx$ 15$σ$) from the JCMT and ALMA telescopes indicated a phosphine abundance of 20 ppb (parts per billion), 1000 times more than that on the Earth. Phosphine is an important biomarker and immediate speculation in the media about indicators of life being found on Venus followed. This article presents an analysis of the study and the results on the observation of the spectral absorption feature of phosphine in the clouds of Venus, thus implying as a potential biosignature. If phosphine is produced through biotic, as opposed to abiotic pathways, the discovery could imply a significant biomass in the Venusian atmosphere. The discovery led to a major controversy with criticism of the analysis and results and responses to it. The issue remains unresolved, leading to a fresh interest in the study of Venus including ground-based observations as well as space-probes that can answer these questions conclusively.
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