Dust charging and transport on airless planetary bodies
Abstract We report on laboratory experiments to shed light on dust charging and transport that have been suggested to explain a variety of unusual phenomena on the surfaces of airless planetary bodies. We have recorded micron‐sized insulating dust particles jumping to several centimeters high with a...
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| description | Abstract We report on laboratory experiments to shed light on dust charging and transport that have been suggested to explain a variety of unusual phenomena on the surfaces of airless planetary bodies. We have recorded micron‐sized insulating dust particles jumping to several centimeters high with an initial speed of ~0.6 m/s under ultraviolet illumination or exposure to plasmas, resulting in an equivalent height of ~0.11 m on the lunar surface that is comparable to the height of the so‐called lunar horizon glow. Lofted large aggregates and surface mobilization are related to many space observations. We experimentally show that the emission and re‐absorption of photoelectron and/or secondary electron at the walls of microcavities formed between neighboring dust particles below the surface are responsible for generating unexpectedly large negative charges and intense particle‐particle repulsive forces to mobilize and lift off dust particles. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8d712f8fc077429ba2f207317b3dbc652025-08-20T03:10:24ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072016-06-0143126103611010.1002/2016GL069491Dust charging and transport on airless planetary bodiesX. Wang0J. Schwan1H.‐W. Hsu2E. Grün3M. Horányi4Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado USALaboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado USALaboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado USALaboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado USALaboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado USAAbstract We report on laboratory experiments to shed light on dust charging and transport that have been suggested to explain a variety of unusual phenomena on the surfaces of airless planetary bodies. We have recorded micron‐sized insulating dust particles jumping to several centimeters high with an initial speed of ~0.6 m/s under ultraviolet illumination or exposure to plasmas, resulting in an equivalent height of ~0.11 m on the lunar surface that is comparable to the height of the so‐called lunar horizon glow. Lofted large aggregates and surface mobilization are related to many space observations. We experimentally show that the emission and re‐absorption of photoelectron and/or secondary electron at the walls of microcavities formed between neighboring dust particles below the surface are responsible for generating unexpectedly large negative charges and intense particle‐particle repulsive forces to mobilize and lift off dust particles.https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069491dustplasmaphotoelectronssecondary electronselectrostatic transportairless bodies |
| spellingShingle | X. Wang J. Schwan H.‐W. Hsu E. Grün M. Horányi Dust charging and transport on airless planetary bodies Geophysical Research Letters dust plasma photoelectrons secondary electrons electrostatic transport airless bodies |
| title | Dust charging and transport on airless planetary bodies |
| title_full | Dust charging and transport on airless planetary bodies |
| title_fullStr | Dust charging and transport on airless planetary bodies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dust charging and transport on airless planetary bodies |
| title_short | Dust charging and transport on airless planetary bodies |
| title_sort | dust charging and transport on airless planetary bodies |
| topic | dust plasma photoelectrons secondary electrons electrostatic transport airless bodies |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069491 |
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