Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982georl...9.1151m&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 9, Oct. 1982, p. 1151-1154.
Physics
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Erosion, Io, Ionic Collisions, Satellite Surfaces, Solidified Gases, Sulfur Dioxides, Energy Spectra, Fluorine, Helium Ions, Planetary Surfaces
Scientific paper
The erosion of frozen SO2 due to bombardment by both light and heavy ions (He and F) was measured for bombarding energies of 0.08 to 1.3 MeV/amu. The number of SO2 molecules ejected from the target per incident ion (i.e., the sputtering yield) was 50 for 1.5 MeV He ions and 7300 for 6 MeV F ions. Ion bombardment followed by heating produced an oxygen/sulfur residue which was much more stable against subsequent ion bombardment than the initial frozen SO2. The erosion rate of SO2 frost on Jupiter's moon Io depends strongly on the elemental composition and energy spectra of the magnetospheric ion flux which bombards the surface. The combined effects of ion bombardment and heating which produced residues on the target substrates may also occur on Io from magnetospheric ion bombardment and heating by volcanism. The experimental results compare favorably with a new model of the sputtering process which considers the energy loss of the incident ion to electronic excitation in the target.
Cooper B. H.
Lepoire D. J.
Melcher C. L.
Tombrello T. A.
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