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Simulating OH/H2O formation by solar wind at the lunar surface |
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| Authors: | GG Managadze VT Cherepin VN Kolesnik |
| Institution: | a Space Research Institute of RAS, Profsoyuznaya Str. 84/32, GSP-7, Moscow 117997, Russia b Kurdyumov’s Institute of Metallophysics of NASU, Blvd Academician Vernadsky 36, Kiev 03680, Ukraine c Astronomical Institute of Kharkov V.N. Karazin National University, Sumskaya Street 35, Kharkov 61022, Ukraine |
| Abstract: | We simulate the OH/H2O production from the action of keV protons on the lunar regolith using a vacuum chamber and a mass analyzer to examine the molecular products released from olivine and SiO2 powders during their irradiation by deuterium ions. The measured mass spectra, showing the OD/D2O signature, confirm the possibility of OH/H2O formation on the lunar surface by solar-wind hydrogen. |
| Keywords: | Solar wind Moon Surface Spectroscopy |
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