This topical review focuses on recent advances in the understanding of the formation of
surface nanostructures, an intriguing phenomenon in ion–surface interaction due to the …

In the past few years, several major space missions have been completed (eg, Deep Impact,
LCROSS, Chandrayaan-1, Stardust, Hayabusa), and a number of spacecraft are currently …

We have extended our Monte Carlo model of exospheres [Wurz, P., Lammer, H., 2003.
Icarus 164 (1), 1–13] by treating the ion-induced sputtering process from a known surface in …

It has been speculated that the composition of the exosphere is related to the composition of
Mercury's crustal materials. If this relationship is true, then inferences regarding the bulk …

Astrophysical ices are exposed to different radiation fields including photons, electrons and
ions. The latter stem from interstellar cosmic rays (CR), the solar and stellar winds, shock …

A Monte-Carlo model of exospheres (Wurz and Lammer, 2003) was extended by treating the
ion-induced sputtering process, photon-stimulated desorption, and micro-meteorite impact …

Abstract Pyroxenes ((Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn) 2 Si 2 O 6) belong to the most abundant rock forming
minerals that make up the surface of rocky planets and moons. Therefore, sputtering of …

Sodium and, in a lesser way, potassium atomic components of surface-bounded exospheres
are among the brightest elements that can be observed from the Earth in our Solar System …

The sputtering of wollastonite (CaSiO 3) by solar wind-relevant ions has been investigated
experimentally and the results are compared to the binary collision approximation (BCA) …

The individual impacts of slow (300 eV/amu) highly charged Xe ions induce nanometer
sized pitlike structures on the KBr (001) surface. The volume of these structures shows a …