Exploring impact vapor plume reactions from asteroidal impacts: Monte Carlo simulations and implications for biomolecules synthesisOPEN ACCESS
Yoko Ochiai, Shigeru Ida , Daigo Shoji IcarusAvailable online 29 July 2025, 116736 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “During a hypervelocity impact, both the impactor and target materials evaporate, generating an impact vapor plume…
Collisional stripping of planetary crustsOPEN ACCESS
Philip J. Carter, Zoë M. Leinhardt, Tim Elliott, Sarah T. Stewart, Michael J. Walter Accepted for publication in EPSL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Geochemical studies of planetary accretion and evolution have invoked various degrees of collisional…
Laser-induced melting experiments: Simulation of short-term high-temperature impact processes
Ebert, M.; Hecht, L.; Hamann, C.; Luther, R. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 10.1111/maps.12809 First published: 30 January 2017 LINK “This study introduces an experimental approach using direct laser irradiation to simulate the virtually instantaneous melting…
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