Sputter Yields of the Lunar Surface: Experimental Validation and Numerical Modelling of Solar Wind Sputtering of Apollo 16 Soils
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| author | Brötzner, Johannes Biber, Herbert Szabo, Paul Stefan Jäggi, Noah Fuchs, Lea Nenning, Andreas Fellinger, Martina Nagy, Gyula Pitthan, Eduardo Primetzhofer, Daniel Mutzke, Andreas Wilhelm, Richard Arthur Wurz, Peter Galli, André Aumayr, Friedrich |
| author_facet | Brötzner, Johannes Biber, Herbert Szabo, Paul Stefan Jäggi, Noah Fuchs, Lea Nenning, Andreas Fellinger, Martina Nagy, Gyula Pitthan, Eduardo Primetzhofer, Daniel Mutzke, Andreas Wilhelm, Richard Arthur Wurz, Peter Galli, André Aumayr, Friedrich |
| contents | Sputtering by solar wind ions is a key process driving the ejection of high-energy particles into the exospheres of airless bodies like asteroids, Mercury and the Moon. In view of upcoming missions which will deliver new in-situ data on these exospheres like the Artemis program at the Moon and BepiColombo at Mercury, a deeper understanding of sputtering effects is crucial. In this work, we combine sensitive quartz crystal microbalance measurements and numerical simulations to quantify sputter yields of Apollo soil 68501 under solar wind relevant conditions. We find that none of the commonly used simulation codes can reliably predict laboratory sputter yields without experimental benchmarks. All of the employed packages significantly overestimate the sputter yields of flat samples by at least a factor of 2 for the case of hydrogen. When accounting for surface roughness and regolith-like porosity, sputter yields are decreased even further to 7.3E-3 atoms\ion and 7.6E-2 atoms\ion for H and He at solar wind energies of 1 keV\amu, respectively. The reduced yields of porous regolith structures are largely independent of the ion incidence angle, making them applicable across a wide range of lunar latitudes. This study highlights the need for experimental validation of sputtering models to ensure accurate predictions for space weathering and lunar exosphere composition. |
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| spellingShingle | Sputter Yields of the Lunar Surface: Experimental Validation and Numerical Modelling of Solar Wind Sputtering of Apollo 16 Soils Brötzner, Johannes Biber, Herbert Szabo, Paul Stefan Jäggi, Noah Fuchs, Lea Nenning, Andreas Fellinger, Martina Nagy, Gyula Pitthan, Eduardo Primetzhofer, Daniel Mutzke, Andreas Wilhelm, Richard Arthur Wurz, Peter Galli, André Aumayr, Friedrich Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Space Physics Sputtering by solar wind ions is a key process driving the ejection of high-energy particles into the exospheres of airless bodies like asteroids, Mercury and the Moon. In view of upcoming missions which will deliver new in-situ data on these exospheres like the Artemis program at the Moon and BepiColombo at Mercury, a deeper understanding of sputtering effects is crucial. In this work, we combine sensitive quartz crystal microbalance measurements and numerical simulations to quantify sputter yields of Apollo soil 68501 under solar wind relevant conditions. We find that none of the commonly used simulation codes can reliably predict laboratory sputter yields without experimental benchmarks. All of the employed packages significantly overestimate the sputter yields of flat samples by at least a factor of 2 for the case of hydrogen. When accounting for surface roughness and regolith-like porosity, sputter yields are decreased even further to 7.3E-3 atoms\ion and 7.6E-2 atoms\ion for H and He at solar wind energies of 1 keV\amu, respectively. The reduced yields of porous regolith structures are largely independent of the ion incidence angle, making them applicable across a wide range of lunar latitudes. This study highlights the need for experimental validation of sputtering models to ensure accurate predictions for space weathering and lunar exosphere composition. |
| title | Sputter Yields of the Lunar Surface: Experimental Validation and Numerical Modelling of Solar Wind Sputtering of Apollo 16 Soils |
| topic | Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Space Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.14450 |