Light flash and ionization from hypervelocity impacts on ice

Icarus

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 359-365

  Burchell, M J ^a   Cole, M J ^a   Ratcliff, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030213457     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0129     Document Type: Article

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