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astro-ph2004
Formation of GEMS from shock-accelerated crystalline dust in superbubbles
A. J. Westphal, J. P. Bradley
Interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) contain enigmatic sub-micron components called GEMS (Glass with Embedded Metal and Sulfides). The compositions and structures of GEMS indicate…
astro-ph2003
A Fluorescent Aerogel for Capture and Identification of Interplanetary and Interstellar Dust
Gerardo Dominguez, Andrew J. Westphal, Mark L. F. Phillips +1
Contemporary interstellar dust has never been analyzed in the laboratory, despite its obvious astronomical importance and its potential as a probe of stellar nucleosynthesis and ga…