Extraction and microanalysis of cosmic dust captured during sample return missions: Laboratory simulations

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2292-2298

  Graham, G A ^a,b,f   Kearsley, A T ^b   Butterworth, A L ^a,c   Bland, P A ^d   Burchell, M J ^e   McPhail, D S ^d   Chater, R ^d   Grady, M M ^b   Wright, I P ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^f LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic dust; Extraction and microanalysis; Laboratory simulations; Sample return missions

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; ION BEAMS; LASER BEAMS; MICROANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PLANETS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COSMIC DUST; FOCUSED ION BEAM (FIB) MILLING; LABORATORY SIMULATIONS; SAMPLE RETURN MISSIONS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 9444291320     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.07.066     Document Type: Conference Paper

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