Abstract The Moon and Mercury are airless bodies, thus they are directly exposed to the
ambient plasma (ions and electrons), to photons mostly from the Sun from infrared range all …

The roughness of a surface is known to have a strong influence on the sputtering process.
Commonly used 1D Monte Carlo codes for calculating sputter yields show good agreement …

SDTrimSP is a popular simulation program to compute several effects of the interaction
between an impinging ion and a solid, such as ion implantation ranges, damage formation …

The porosity of the upper layers of regolith is key to the interaction of an airless planetary
body with precipitating radiation, but it remains difficult to characterize. One of the effects that …

Total sputtering yield and spatial distributions of sputtered atoms are important for numerous
deposition techniques. We performed SRIM (Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter) …

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 …

The solar wind continuously impacts on rocky bodies in space, eroding their surface, thereby
contributing significantly to the exosphere formations. The BepiColombo mission to Mercury …

Thermal decomposition of oxides can be achieved at a lower temperature under vacuum
condition. For In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU), using the thermal decomposition method …

Abstract Space weathering is a key process in the interpretation of airless planetary
surfaces. As we engage new missions to planetary objects with potentially novel surfaces …

Rocky planets and moons experiencing solar wind sputtering are continuously supplying
their enveloping exosphere with ejected neutral atoms. To understand the quantity and …