The alkali metal atmospheres on the Moon and Mercury: Explaining the stable exospheres by heavy Rydberg Matter clusters

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-112

  Holmlid, Leif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Cluster; Mercury; Moon; Rydberg Matter

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METALS; ASTRONOMY; MOON; PLANETS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERES; CLUSTER; MERCURY; RYDBERG MATTER;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

EID: 29244459717     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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