Self-consistent modelling of Mercury's exosphere by sputtering, micro-meteorite impact and photon-stimulated desorption

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1599-1616

  Wurz, P ^a   Whitby, J A ^a,d   Rohner, U ^a,e   Martn Fernndez, J A ^b   Lammer, H ^c   Kolb, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^d SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e TOFWERK AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Exosphere modelling; Mercury's exosphere; Mercury's surface mineralogy; Sputtering

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; EXOSPHERE MODELLING; GLOBAL MODELS; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; ION-INDUCED SPUTTERING; LITERATURE DATA; MERCURY'S EXOSPHERE; MERCURY'S SURFACE MINERALOGY; METEORITE IMPACT; MINERAL SURFACES; MONTE CARLO; PARTICLE RELEASE; PHOTON STIMULATED DESORPTION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RELEASE MECHANISM; SPUTTERED ATOMS; SURFACE COMPOSITIONS; SURFACE MINERALOGY; TIME-SCALES; UPPER LIMITS; VAPORISATION;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DESORPTION; MERCURY (METAL); METEORITES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PHOTONS; SOLAR WIND; SPUTTERING;

METEOR IMPACTS;

EID: 77956609642     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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