Planetary Atmospheres; Jupiter; Mass Spectrometry; Interstellar Gas; Moon; Mercury
Huybrighs Hans L.F., Futaana Yoshifumi, Barabash Stanislav, Wieser Martin, Wurz Peter, Krupp Norbert, Glassmeier Karl-Heinz, Vermeersen Bert (2017), On the in-situ detectability of Europa's water vapour plumes from a flyby mission, in
Icarus, 289, 270-280.
Managadze G.G., Safronova A.A., Luchnikov K.A., Vorobyova E.A., Duxbury N.S., Wurz P., Managadze N.G., Chumikov A.E., Khamizov R.Kh. (2017), A New Method and Mass-Spectrometric Instrument for Extraterrestrial Microbial Life Detection Using the Elemental Composition Analyses of Martian Regolith and Permafrost/Ice, in
Astrobiology, 17(5), 448-458.
Gasc Sébastien, Altwegg Kathrin, Fiethe Björn, Jäckel Annette, Korth Axel, Le Roy Léna, Mall Urs, Rème Henri, Rubin Martin, Hunter Waite J., Wurz Peter (2017), Sensitivity and fragmentation calibration of the time-of-flight mass spectrometer RTOF on board ESA's Rosetta mission, in
Planetary and Space Science, 135, 64-73.
Lasi D., Tulej M., Meyer S., Luthi M., Galli A., Piazza D., Wurz P., Reggiani D., Xiao H., Marcinkowski R., Hajdas W., Cervelli A., Karlsson S., Knight T., Grande M., Barabash S. (2017), Shielding an MCP Detector for a Space-Borne Mass Spectrometer Against the Harsh Radiation Environment in Jupiter’s Magnetosphere, in
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 64(1), 605-613.
Galand M., Héritier K. L., Odelstad E., Henri P., Broiles T. W., Allen A. J., Altwegg K., Beth A., Burch J. L., Carr C. M., Cupido E., Eriksson A. I., Glassmeier K.-H., Johansson F. L., Lebreton J.-P., Mandt K. E., Nilsson H., Richter I., Rubin M., Sagnières L. B. M., Schwartz S. J., Sémon T., Tzou C.-Y., Vallières X., et al. (2016), Ionospheric plasma of comet 67P probed by Rosetta at 3 au from the Sun, in
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 462(Suppl 1), S331-S351.
Galand M., Héritier K. L., Odelstad E., Henri P., Broiles T. W., Allen A. J., Altwegg K., Beth A., Burch J. L., Carr C. M., Cupido E., Eriksson A. I., Glassmeier K.-H., Johansson F. L., Lebreton J.-P., Mandt K. E., Nilsson H., Richter I., Rubin M., Sagnières L. B. M., Schwartz S. J., Sémon T., Tzou C.-Y., Vallières X., et al. (2016), Ionospheric plasma of comet 67P probed by Rosetta at 3 au from the Sun, in
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 462(Suppl 1), S331-S351.
Park Jeewoo, Kucharek Harald, Möbius Eberhard, Galli André, Kubiak Marzena A., Bzowski Maciej, McComas David J. (2016), IBEX OBSERVATIONS OF SECONDARY INTERSTELLAR HELIUM AND OXYGEN DISTRIBUTIONS, in
The Astrophysical Journal, 833(2), 130-130.
Vorburger A., Wurz P., Barabash S., Futaana Y., Wieser M., Bhardwaj A., Dhanya M. B., Asamura K. (2016), Transport of solar wind plasma onto the lunar nightside surface, in
Geophysical Research Letters, (20), 10,586-10,594.
Managadze George G., Engel Michael H., Getty Stephanie, Wurz Peter, Brinckerhoff William B., Shokolov Anatoly G., Sholin Gennady V., Terent'ev Sergey A., Chumikov Alexander E., Skalkin Alexander S., Blank Vladimir D., Prokhorov Vyacheslav M., Managadze Nina G., Luchnikov Konstantin A. (2016), Excess of l-alanine in amino acids synthesized in a plasma torch generated by a hypervelocity meteorite impact reproduced in the laboratory, in
Planetary and Space Science, 131, 70-78.
Mousis O., Atkinson D.H., Spilker T., Venkatapathy E., Poncy J., Frampton R., Coustenis A., Reh K., Lebreton J.-P., Fletcher L.N., Hueso R., Amato M.J., Colaprete A., Ferri F., Stam D., Wurz P., Atreya S., Aslam S., Banfield D.J., Calcutt S., Fischer G., Holland A., Keller C., Kessler E., et al. (2016), The Hera Saturn entry probe mission, in
Planetary and Space Science, 130, 80-103.
Bieler A., Altwegg K., Balsiger H., Berthelier J.-J., Calmonte U., Combi M., De Keyser J., Fiethe B., Fuselier S. A., Gasc S., Gombosi T., Hansen K. C., Hässig M., Korth A., Le Roy L., Mall U., Rème H., Rubin M., Sémon T., Tenishev V., Tzou C.-Y., Waite J. H., Wurz P. (2016), Mass spectrometric characterization of the Rosetta Spacecraft contamination with ROSINA, in
SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, San Diego, California, United StatesSociety of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers, Washington, USA.
Tulej M., Meyer S., Lüthi M., Lasi D., Galli A., Piazza D., Desorgher L., Reggiani D., Hajdas W., Karlsson S., Kalla L., Wurz P. (2016), Experimental investigation of the radiation shielding efficiency of a MCP detector in the radiation environment near Jupiter’s moon Europa, in
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and , 383, 21-37.
Meyer Stefan, Tulej Marek, Wurz Peter (2016), Mass spectrometry of planetary exospheres at high relative velocity: direct comparison of open- and closed source measurements, in
Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems Discussions, 1-12.
Galli A., Vorburger A., Pommerol A., Wurz P., Jost B., Poch O., Brouet Y., Tulej M., Thomas N. (2016), Surface charging of thick porous water ice layers relevant for ion sputtering experiments, in
Planetary and Space Science, 126, 63-71.
Dhanya M.B., Bhardwaj Anil, Futaana Yoshifumi, Barabash Stas, Alok Abhinaw, Wieser Martin, Holmström Mats, Wurz Peter (2016), Characteristics of proton velocity distribution functions in the near-lunar wake from Chandrayaan-1/SWIM observations, in
Icarus, 271, 120-130.
Mousis O., Ronnet T., Brugger B., Ozgurel O., Pauzat F., Ellinger Y., Maggiolo R., Wurz P., Vernazza P., Lunine J. I., Luspay-Kuti A., Mandt K. E., Altwegg K., Bieler A., Markovits A., Rubin M. (2016), ORIGIN OF MOLECULAR OXYGEN IN COMET 67P/CHURYUMOV–GERASIMENKO, in
The Astrophysical Journal, 823(2), L41-L41.
Altwegg K., Balsiger H., Bar-Nun A., Berthelier J.-J., Bieler A., Bochsler P., Briois C., Calmonte U., Combi M. R., Cottin H., De Keyser J., Dhooghe F., Fiethe B., Fuselier S. A., Gasc S., Gombosi T. I., Hansen K. C., Haessig M., Ja ckel A., Kopp E., Korth A., Le Roy L., Mall U., Marty B., et al. (2016), Prebiotic chemicals--amino acid and phosphorus--in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, in
Science Advances, 2(5), e1600285-e1600285.
Wieser Martin, Futaana Yoshifumi, Barabash Stas, Wurz Peter (2016), Emission of energetic neutral atoms from water ice under Ganymede surface-like conditions, in
Icarus, 269, 91-97.
Moreno-García Pavel, Grimaudo Valentine, Riedo Andreas, Tulej Marek, Neuland Maike B., Wurz Peter, Broekmann Peter (2016), Towards Structural Analysis of Polymeric Contaminants in Electrodeposited Cu films, in
Electrochimica Acta, 199, 394-402.
Moreno-García Pavel, Grimaudo Valentine, Riedo Andreas, Tulej Marek, Wurz Peter, Broekmann Peter (2016), Towards matrix-free femtosecond-laser desorption mass spectrometry for in situ space research Matrix-free fs-laser desorption mass spectrometry for space research, in
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 30(8), 1031-1036.
Riedo Andreas, Grimaudo Valentine, Moreno-García Pavel, Neuland Maike B., Tulej Marek, Broekmann Peter, Wurz Peter (2016), Laser Ablation/Ionisation Mass Spectrometry: Sensitive and Quantitative Chemical Depth Profiling of Solid Materials, in
CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry, 70(4), 268-273.
Galli A., Wurz P., Schwadron N. A., Kucharek H., Möbius E., Bzowski M., Sokół J. M., Kubiak M. A., Funsten H. O., Fuselier S. A., McComas D. J. (2016), THE ROLL-OVER OF HELIOSPHERIC NEUTRAL HYDROGEN BELOW 100 eV: OBSERVATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS, in
The Astrophysical Journal, 821(2), 107-107.
Neubeck Anna, Tulej Marek, Ivarsson Magnus, Broman Curt, Riedo Andreas, McMahon Sean, Wurz Peter, Bengtson Stefan (2016), Mineralogical determination in situ of a highly heterogeneous material using a miniaturized laser ablation mass spectrometer with high spatial resolution, in
International Journal of Astrobiology, 15(02), 133-146.
Kubiak Marzena A., Swaczyna P., Bzowski M., Sokół J. M., Fuselier S. A., Galli A., Heirtzler D., Kucharek H., Leonard T. W., McComas D. J., Möbius E., Park J., Schwadron N. A., Wurz P. (2016), INTERSTELLAR NEUTRAL HELIUM IN THE HELIOSPHERE FROM IBEX OBSERVATIONS. IV. FLOW VECTOR, MACH NUMBER, AND ABUNDANCE OF THE WARM BREEZE, in
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 223(2), 25-25.
Luspay-Kuti A., Mousis O., Ha ssig M., Fuselier S. A., Lunine J. I., Marty B., Mandt K. E., Wurz P., Rubin M. (2016), The presence of clathrates in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, in
Science Advances, 2(4), e1501781-e1501781.
Mousis O., Lunine J. I., Luspay-Kuti A., Guillot T., Marty B., Ali-Dib M., Wurz P., Altwegg K., Bieler A., Hässig M., Rubin M., Vernazza P., Waite J. H. (2016), A PROTOSOLAR NEBULA ORIGIN FOR THE ICES AGGLOMERATED BY COMET 67P/CHURYUMOV–GERASIMENKO, in
The Astrophysical Journal, 819(2), L33-L33.
Mall U., Altwegg K., Balsiger H., Bar-Nun A., Berthelier J.-J., Bieler A., Bochsler P., Briois C., Calmonte U., Combi M. R., Dabrowski B., Keyser J. De, Dhooghe F., Fiethe B., Fuselier S. A., Galli A., Garnier P., Gasc S., Gombosi T. I., Hansen K. C., Hässig M., Hoang M., Jäckel A., Kopp E., et al. (2016), HIGH-TIME RESOLUTION IN SITU INVESTIGATION OF MAJOR COMETARY VOLATILES AROUND 67P/C–G AT 3.1–2.3 au MEASURED WITH ROSINA-RTOF, in
The Astrophysical Journal, 819(2), 126-126.
Neuland M B, Grimaudo V, Mezger K, Moreno-García P, Riedo A, Tulej M, Wurz P (2016), Quantitative measurement of the chemical composition of geological standards with a miniature laser ablation/ionization mass spectrometer designed for in situ application in space research, in
Measurement Science and Technology, 27(3), 035904-035904.
Lue Charles, Futaana Yoshifumi, Barabash Stas, Saito Yoshifumi, Nishino Masaki, Wieser Martin, Asamura Kazushi, Bhardwaj Anil, Wurz Peter (2016), Scattering characteristics and imaging of energetic neutral atoms from the Moon in the terrestrial magnetosheathMagnetosheath-Moon Interaction, in
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121(1), 432-445.
Kallio E., Dyadechkin S., Fatemi S., Holmström M., Futaana Y., Wurz P., Fernandes V.A., Álvarez F., Heilimo J., Jarvinen R., Schmidt W., Harri A.-M., Barabash S., Mäkelä J., Porjo N., Alho M. (2016), Dust environment of an airless object: A phase space study with kinetic models, in
Planetary and Space Science, 120, 56-69.
Kallio E., Dyadechkin S., Fatemi S., Holmström M., Futaana Y., Wurz P., Fernandes V.A., Álvarez F., Heilimo J., Jarvinen R., Schmidt W., Harri A.-M., Barabash S., Mäkelä J., Porjo N., Alho M. (2016), Dust environment of an airless object: A phase space study with kinetic models, in
Planetary and Space Science, 120, 56-69.
Heidrich-Meisner Verena, Berger Lars, Wimmer-Schweingruber Robert F., Wurz Peter, Bochsler Peter, Ipavich Fred M., Paquette John A., Klecker Bernd (2016), FIP effect for minor heavy solar wind ions as seen with SOHO/CELIAS/MTOF, in
VIII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “TIMES OF POLYMERS AND COMPOSITES”: From Aerospace to Nanotechnolog, Solar Wind 14 Conference, China.
Bieler A., Altwegg K., Balsiger H., Berthelier J.-J., Calmonte U., Combi M., De Keyser J., Fiethe B., Fuselier S. A., Gasc S., Gombosi T., Hansen K. C., Hässig M., Korth A., Le Roy L., Mall U., Rème H., Rubin M., Sémon T., Tenishev V., Tzou C.-Y., Waite J. H., Wurz P. (2016), Mass spectrometric characterization of the Rosetta Spacecraft contamination, in
SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, San Diego, California, United StatesSociety of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers, Washington, USA.
Vorburger A., Wurz P., Barabash S., Futaana Y., Wieser M., Bhardwaj A., Dhanya M. B., Asamura K. (2016), Transport of solar wind plasma onto the lunar nightside surfaceLUNAR NIGHTSIDE PLASMA TRANSPORT, in
Geophysical Research Letters, 43(20), 10,586-10,594.
The in situ group of the Space Research and Planetology division of the Physikalisches Institut is currently engaged in several major space projects. Three missions are presently in high activity phases.- For the Luna-Resurs and Luna-Glob missions, to study chemical composition of the soils at the lunar poles, we contribute two instruments, a neutral gas mass spectrometer for the study of volatiles and a laser mass spectrometer for the study of the solid phase. Currently, we are in the major hardware phase of testing engineering models, and building and integrating flight models. This project also allows us to expand our experimental expertise into the analytical technique of gas-chromatography mass spectrometry, which only very few groups in space science worldwide can do. - For JUICE, the L-class mission of ESA to explore the Jupiter system, we provide the neutral gas mass spectrometer (NIM) and contribute to the PEP consortium. We will be investigating the chemical composition of the icy moons Europa, Ganymede and Callisto with NIM as part of the particle consortium (PEP). We develop prototypes of our instrument to test against the physical and environmental conditions expected in the Jupiter environment, and measurements near these moons. In parallel we perform laboratory experiments simulating the icy surfaces of these moons and their response to particle radiation in forming their exospheres that are used in our theoretical models of the atmospheres of these moons, also in preparation of the science phase of this mission.- For BepiColombo, the ESA mission to explore Mercury, we almost finished the hardware phase and finalise the calibrations of flight-spare instruments (ELENA, PICAM, STROFIO, and ENA), which will continue for several years. During the larger part of the grant period the STROFIO calibration data will be analysed and formulated as calibration software library. To prepare for the data phase, we will continue to improve the Mercury exosphere model, based on published MESSENGER/NASA results on the surface and exosphere composition. This model will also be used to assist in the planning of the STROFIO operations in Mercury orbit.In addition to the present participations we have to be active in proposing to new missions to assure our later participation. The uncertainty associated with the mission selection requires us to be prepared to make rapid decisions on involvement once the path has been set by the space agencies. Planning in experimental space science for the mid-term future requires continued work on space instrumentation and development of new technologies, since instruments for space research are always custom designs for the specific requirements of a mission and the scientific questions to be addressed. Many of our participations in the space missions are based on highly specialised laboratory activities and their continuous technical support.As a follow-up to the successful IBEX mission the IMAP mission was identified by NASA, for which we are again part of the SwRI, TX, USA, team. Research and development of dedicated instrumentation has already started and is needed to support our participation. Moreover, we are participating in proposals where the laser mass spectrometer would be our hardware contribution for in situ composition studies and dating of material; similarly we are participating in three proposals where our neutral gas mass spectrometer would be employed for investigations of atmospheres of objects in the outer solar system.