37 research outputs found
Analytical model for the sputtering of rough surfaces
The sputtering yields of solids under ion bombardment are highly sensitive to the roughness of their surfaces. Understanding how sputtering is exactly affected by different surface morphologies is relevant especially for plasma-wall interaction in fusion reactors and space weathering of planetary surfaces. We present an analytical model that allows to calculate sputtering yields of random gaussian rough surfaces under arbitrary angles of incidence, taking into account local incidence angles, shadowing and redeposition of sputtered materials. Sputtering yields of a rough surface can then be calculated with the sputtering yieldâs dependence on the ion incidence angle for a flat surface and a single statistical parameter, which characterizes the surface roughness. The model supports previous findings that the mean surface inclination angle is a well-suited parameter to describe the sputtering behavior of rough surfaces. Comparisons of the results to previous experiments and numerical simulations for various cases are presented, showing that the model allows to quantitatively reproduce sputtering yields of different samples over a wide range of roughness regimes
On the missing single collision peak in low energy heavy ion scattering
We present experimental and simulation data on the oblique angle scattering of heavy Sn ions at 14 keV energy from a Mo surface. The simulations are performed with the binary collision approximation codes TRIM, TRIDYN, TRI3DYN, SDTrimSP, and IMSIL. Additional simulations were performed in the molecular dynamics framework with LAMMPS. Our key finding is the absence of an expected peak in the experimental energy spectrum of backscattered Sn ions associated with the pure single collision regime. In sharp contrast to this, however, all simulation codes we applied do show a prominent single collision signature both in the energy spectrum and in the angular scatter pattern. We discuss the possible origin of this important discrepancy and show in the process, that widely used binary collision approximation codes may contain hidden parameters important to know and to understand.</p
Fluence dependent changes of surface morphology and sputtering yield of iron: Comparison of experiments with SDTrimSP-2D
Murrili meteorite's fall and recovery from Kati Thanda
On the 27th of November 2015, at 10:43:45.526 UTC, a fireball was observed
across South Australia by ten Desert Fireball Network observatories lasting 6.1
s. A kg meteoroid entered the atmosphere with a speed of
13.68\pm0.09\,\mbox{km s}^{-1} and was observed ablating from a height of 85
km down to 18 km, having slowed to 3.28\pm0.21 \,\mbox{km s}^{-1}. Despite
the relatively steep 68.5 trajectory, strong atmospheric winds
significantly influenced the darkfight phase and the predicted fall line, but
the analysis put the fall site in the centre of Kati Thanda - Lake Eyre South.
Kati Thanda has metres-deep mud under its salt-encrusted surface.
Reconnaissance of the area where the meteorite landed from a low flying
aircraft revealed a 60 cm circular feature in the muddy lake, less than 50 m
from the predicted fall line. After a short search, which again employed light
aircraft, the meteorite was recovered on the 31st December 2015 from a depth of
42 cm. Murrili is the first recovered observed fall by the digital Desert
Fireball Network (DFN). In addition to its scientific value, connecting
composition to solar system context via orbital data, the recover demonstrates
and validates the capabilities of the DFN, with its next generation remote
observatories and automated data reduction pipeline
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Mineralogy and petrology of the Murrili meteorite
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Recreating the OSIRIS-REx Slingshot Manoeuvre from a Network of Ground-Based Sensors
Optical tracking systems typically trade-off between astrometric precision
and field-of-view. In this work, we showcase a networked approach to optical
tracking using very wide field-of-view imagers that have relatively low
astrometric precision on the scheduled OSIRIS-REx slingshot manoeuvre around
Earth on September 22nd, 2017. As part of a trajectory designed to get
OSIRIS-REx to NEO 101955 Bennu, this flyby event was viewed from 13 remote
sensors spread across Australia and New Zealand to promote triangulatable
observations. Each observatory in this portable network was constructed to be
as lightweight and portable as possible, with hardware based off the successful
design of the Desert Fireball Network.
Over a 4 hour collection window, we gathered 15,439 images of the night sky
in the predicted direction of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Using a specially
developed streak detection and orbit determination data pipeline, we detected
2,090 line-of-sight observations. Our fitted orbit was determined to be within
about 10~km of orbital telemetry along the observed 109,262~km length of
OSIRIS-REx trajectory, and thus demonstrating the impressive capability of a
networked approach to SSA
The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system.
Direct links between carbonaceous chondrites and their parent bodies in the solar system are rare. The Winchcombe meteorite is the most accurately recorded carbonaceous chondrite fall. Its pre-atmospheric orbit and cosmic-ray exposure age confirm that it arrived on Earth shortly after ejection from a primitive asteroid. Recovered only hours after falling, the composition of the Winchcombe meteorite is largely unmodified by the terrestrial environment. It contains abundant hydrated silicates formed during fluid-rock reactions, and carbon- and nitrogen-bearing organic matter including soluble protein amino acids. The near-pristine hydrogen isotopic composition of the Winchcombe meteorite is comparable to the terrestrial hydrosphere, providing further evidence that volatile-rich carbonaceous asteroids played an important role in the origin of Earth's water