Acceleration of thermal ions at the lunar surface : Apollo XII observations
Acceleration of thermal ions at the lunar surface : Apollo XII observations
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1970
Authors
Balsiger, H.
Freeman, John W.
Hills, H. Kent.
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Department of Space Science, Rice University
Abstract
An experiment designed to measure the differential energy spectrum and a coarse mass spectrum of ions near the lunar surface (Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment) was deployed by the Apollo XII astronauts. This experiment has yielded evidence for a general mechanism which accelerates originally thermal ions up to several hundred electron volts.