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Experimental study of surface erosion processes of the icy moons of Jupiter

Galli, A. · Pommerol, A. · Wurz, P. · Jost, B. · Scheer, J. A. · Vorburger, A. · Tulej, M. · Thomas, N. · Wieser, M. · Barabash, S.

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We use an existing laboratory facility for space hardware calibration in vacuum to study the impact of energetic ions on water ice. The experiment is intended to simulate the conditions on the surface of Jupiter's icy moons. We present first results of ion sputtering in a sample of porous ice, including the first experimental results for sulphur ion sputtering of ice. The results confirm theoretical predictions and extrapolations from previous sputtering experiments obtained at different impact angles for non-porous water ice.

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