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Terrestrial atmospheric ion implantation occurred in the nearside lunar regolith during the history of Earth's dynamo
Shubhonkar Paramanick, Eric G. Blackman, John A. Tarduno +1
Light volatile elements in lunar regolith are thought to be a mixture of the solar wind and Earth's atmosphere, the latter sourced in the absence of geomagnetic field. However, the…
Tidally Delayed Spin-Down of Very Low Mass Stars
Ketevan Kotorashvili, Eric G. Blackman
Very low-mass main-sequence stars reveal some curious trends in observed rotation period distributions that require abating the spin-down that standard rotational evolution models…
Crystal Ball: A Simple Model for Phase Transitions on a Classical Spherical Lattice
Aidan Bachmann, Pierre-Alexandre Gourdain, Eric G. Blackman
When compressed, certain lattices undergo phase transitions that may allow nuclei to gain significant kinetic energy. To explore the dynamics of this phenomenon, we develop a frame…
Turbulence in Earth's core generates large topographic torques on the mantle
Tobias G. Oliver, Eric G. Blackman, John A. Tarduno +1
Seismic and geodynamic studies indicate that the boundary between the Earth's liquid outer core and solid mantle is not spherical, but is likely characterized by topography in the…