scholarly journals Modeling of the O+pickup ion sputtering efficiency dependence on solar wind conditions for the Martian atmosphere

2014 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yung-Ching Wang ◽  
Janet G. Luhmann ◽  
François Leblanc ◽  
Xiaohua Fang ◽  
Robert E. Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Martian Atmosphere ◽  
Ion Sputtering

scholarly journals Capture of solar wind alpha-particles by the Martian atmosphere

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. Chanteur ◽  
E. Dubinin ◽  
R. Modolo ◽  
M. Fraenz
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Martian Atmosphere ◽  
Alpha Particles

scholarly journals MAVEN unlocks secrets of the Martian atmosphere

Eos ◽  
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harvey Leifert
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Martian Atmosphere ◽  
Low Altitude

In its first month, NASA’s orbiter saw effects of the solar wind at low altitude and tracked a plume of gases escaping into space

Simulating Solar-Wind-Ion Sputtering of Sodium from Mercury’s Surface: The Importance of the Surface Binding Energy 

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liam Morrissey ◽  
Orenthal Tucker ◽  
Rosemary Killen ◽  
Dennis Herschback ◽  
Daniel W. Savin
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Binding Energy ◽  
Ion Sputtering ◽  
Surface Binding ◽  
Surface Binding Energy

Ion sputtering of minerals and glasses: a first step to the simulation of solar wind erosion

1982 ◽  
Vol 64 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 83-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Thiel ◽  
U. Sassmannshausen ◽  
H. Külzer ◽  
W. Herr
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Wind Erosion ◽  
Ion Sputtering

scholarly journals A Diagnostic Spectral Indicator of the Exposure Age of an Asteroidal Surface

1992 ◽  
Vol 150 ◽  
pp. 461-462
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Nuth
Keyword(s):  
Silicon Carbide ◽  
Solar Wind ◽  
Chemical Reduction ◽  
Reduction Process ◽  
Hydrogen Ions ◽  
Ion Sputtering ◽  
Exposure Age ◽  
Wind Exposure ◽  
Sputtering Yield ◽  
Local Chemical Environment

The energy of the SiH vibrational fundamental has been shown be extremely sensitive to the oxidation state of the silicon to which the hydrogen is bound, ranging from 4.4 microns in highly oxidized silicate grains to 4.74 microns in silicon carbide (Moore, Tanabé and Nuth, Ap. J. (Lett.) 373, L31-L34, 1991). Yin, Ghose and Adler (Appl. Spectrosc. 26, 355-7, 1972) have shown that the process of ion-sputtering a metal oxide results in chemical reduction, due to the high sputtering yield and volatility of oxygen relative to the metal. These authors have shown that solar wind ion-sputtering of lunar soils could provide an explanation for the observed solar wind darkening of the lunar surface. We hypothesize that a similar ion-reduction process could occur on asteroidal surfaces exposed to the solar wind. A second consequence of solar wind exposure would be the implantation of hydrogen ions into the asteroidal surface. Stein (J. Elec. Mat. 4, 159-174, 1975) has shown that hydrogen-ions implanted into silicon exhibit infrared absorptions between 4.5 and 5.5 microns: similar features should result from the ion-implantation of hydrogen ions into partially reduced silicate minerals and glasses. The position of such features would be indicative of the local chemical environment of the silicon atom to which the hydrogen was bound.

Predicting the long-term solar wind ion-sputtering source at Mercury

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (11) ◽  
pp. 1584-1595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Menelaos Sarantos ◽  
Rosemary M. Killen ◽  
Danheum Kim
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Ion Sputtering

scholarly journals Solar-wind sputtering of the martian atmosphere

Nature ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 272 (5656) ◽  
pp. 803-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. HAFF ◽  
Z. E. SWITKOWSKI ◽  
T. A. TOMBRELLO
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Martian Atmosphere
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