2 papers
astro-ph.EP2024
Electron-Induced Radiolysis of Water Ice and the Buildup of Oxygen
Chantal Tinner, André Galli, Fiona Bär +4
Irradiation by energetic ions, electrons, and UV photons induces sputtering and chemical processes (radiolysis) in the surfaces of icy moons, comets, and icy grains. Laboratory exp…
astro-ph.EP2024
Sputter Yields of the Lunar Surface: Experimental Validation and Numerical Modelling of Solar Wind Sputtering of Apollo 16 Soils
Johannes Brötzner, Herbert Biber, Paul Stefan Szabo +12
Sputtering by solar wind ions is a key process driving the ejection of high-energy particles into the exospheres of airless bodies like asteroids, Mercury and the Moon. In view of…