Photon-stimulated desorption of Na from a lunar sample: Temperature-dependent effects

Icarus

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-59

  Yakshinskiy, Boris V ^a   Madey, Theodore E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Moon; Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842480415     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.12.007     Document Type: Article

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