Anorthite sputtering by H+ and Arq+ (q = 1-9) at solar wind velocities

Hijazi, Hussein Dib; Bannister, Mark E.; Meyer, III, Harry M.; Rouleau, Christopher M.; Barghouty, A. F.; Rickman, D. L.; Meyer, Fred W.

doi:10.1002/2014JA020140

Anorthite sputtering by H⁺ and Ar^q+ (q = 1-9) at solar wind velocities

Journal Article · Thu Oct 16 00:00:00 UTC 2014 · Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JA020140· OSTI ID:1185483

Hijazi, Hussein Dib ^[1]; Bannister, Mark E. ^[1]; Meyer, III, Harry M. ^[1]; Rouleau, Christopher M. ^[1]; Barghouty, A. F. ^[2]; Rickman, D. L. ^[2]; Meyer, Fred W. ^[1]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL (United States)

Here, we report sputtering measurements of anorthite-like material, taken to be representative of soils found in the lunar highlands, impacted by singly and multicharged ions representative of the solar wind. The ions investigated include protons, as well as singly and multicharged Ar ions (as proxies for the nonreactive heavy solar wind constituents), in the charge state range +1 to +9, at fixed solar wind-relevant impact velocities of 165 and 310 km/s (0.25 keV/amu and 0.5 keV/amu). A quartz microbalance approach (QCM) for determination of total sputtering yields was used. The goal of the measurements was to determine the sputtering contribution of the heavy, multicharged minority solar wind constituents in comparison to that due to the dominant H⁺ fraction. The QCM results show a yield increase of a factor of about 80 for Ar⁺ versus H⁺ sputtering and an enhancement by a factor of 1.67 between Ar⁹⁺ and Ar⁺, which is a clear indication of a potential sputtering effect.

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Research Organization:: Multicharged Ion Research Facility (MIRF); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1185483

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 119; ISSN 2169-9380

Publisher:: American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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