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Exosphere generation of the Moon investigated through a high-energy neutral detector (Articolo in rivista)

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Exosphere generation of the Moon investigated through a high-energy neutral detector (Articolo in rivista) (literal)

Anno

2011-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)

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10.1007/s10686-010-9196-z (literal)

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Anna Milillo (1); Valeria Mangano (1); Alessandro Mura (1); Stefano Orsini (1); Elisabetta De Angelis (1); Andrea M. Di Lellis (2); Stefano Massetti (1); Christina Plainaki (1); Rosanna Rispoli (1); Stefano Selci (3); Nello Vertolli (1) (2011)
Exosphere generation of the Moon investigated through a high-energy neutral detector
in Experimental astronomy (Print); Springer, Dordrecht (Paesi Bassi)
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Anna Milillo (1); Valeria Mangano (1); Alessandro Mura (1); Stefano Orsini (1); Elisabetta De Angelis (1); Andrea M. Di Lellis (2); Stefano Massetti (1); Christina Plainaki (1); Rosanna Rispoli (1); Stefano Selci (3); Nello Vertolli (1) (literal)

Pagina inizio

37 (literal)

Pagina fine

49 (literal)

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10686-010-9196-z (literal)

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32 (literal)

Rivista

Experimental astronomy (Rivista)

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From the issue entitled \"Topical Issue: The Lunar Satellite Mission Concept MAGIA\". Springer. (literal)

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13 (literal)

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1 (literal)

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1) INAF-IFSI, Tor Vergata, Roma 2) AMDL, Roma 3) CNR-ISC, Tor Vergata, Roma (literal)

Titolo

Exosphere generation of the Moon investigated through a high-energy neutral detector (literal)

Abstract

Observation of the lunar exosphere is a tool for remote sensing of the surface properties. The sources of this exosphere are related to the interactions of the lunar surface with the solar radiation, with the solar wind or Earth's magnetospheric plasma, and with the interplanetary dust and meteorites. In fact, the exospheric particles are continuously created and subsequently lost in the interplanetary space, photo-ionized or re-adsorbed by the surface. Eventually, the estimation of the surface composition is not possible without the knowledge of the active release mechanisms. The relative weight of the different release processes of the various atoms, ions and molecules from the surface is still an open debate. Investigation of the Moon's release processes and interaction with the near-Earth environment is of crucial importance for both determining the relative process release contribution and understanding the surface evolution of other airless bodies, like Mercury and the giant planets' moons. In this work, an attempt to analyze the processes that take place on the surface of these small airless bodies, as a result of their exposure to the space environment, has been realized by means of the MonteCarlo Environment Simulation Tool (EST), applied to the Moon. The model results show that the different release processes can be identified by analysing the exospheric energy distribution. Finally, the instrument concept of the \"Analizzatore Lunare di ENA\" (ALENA), part of the MAGIA payload and specifically designed for detecting the high-energy particles released from the lunar surface is presented. (literal)

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