Ion irradiation of crystalline H2O-ice: Effect on the 1.65-μm band

Icarus

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 207-214

  Mastrapa, Rachel M E ^a   Brown, Robert H ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ices; Infrared observations; Kuiper belt objects; Radiation chemistry; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746965658     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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