SPATIAL OFFSETS OF INTERPLANETARY ION AND ELECTRON SOURCE REGIONS

Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source

Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source

Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source

Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source

Ion Bombardment of Interplanetary Dust

The recent discovery of ion tracks in interplanetary dust and the increasing evidence for carbon and carburized materials in these objects are strongly suggestive that chemical processing by energetic charged-particle bombardment has occurred during the dust lifetimes. The track density gives a measure of the total ion fluence experienced by the grains. We use this information and laboratory da...