Simulating asteroid impacts and meteor events by high-power lasers: from the laboratory to spaceborne missions
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Meteor plasmas and impact events are complex, dynamic natural phenomena. Simulating these processes in the laboratory is, however, a challenge. The technique of laser induced dielectric breakdown was first used for this purpose almost 50 years ago. Since then, laser-based experiments have helped to simulate high energy processes in the Tunguska and Chicxulub impact events, heavy bombardment on the early Earth, prebiotic chemical evolution, space weathering of celestial bodies and meteor plasma. This review summarizes the current level of knowledge and outlines possible paths of future development.
Authors: Martin Ferus, Antonín Knížek, Giuseppe Cassone, Paul B. Rimmer, Hitesh Changela, Elias Chatzitheodoridis, Inna Uwarova, Ján Žabka, Petr Kabáth, Franz Saija, Homa Saeidfirozeh, Libor Lenža, Miroslav Krůs, Lukáš Petera, Lukáš Nejdl, Petr Kubelík, Anna Křivková, David Černý, Martin Divoký, Michael Pisařík, Tomáš Kohout, Lakshika Palamakumbure, Barbora Drtinová, Klára Hlouchová, Nikola Schmidt, Zita Martins, Jorge Yáñez, Svatopoluk Civiš, Pavel Pořízka, Tomáš Mocek, Jona Petri, Sabine Klinkner
Institutions: Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Academy of Sciences, Heyrovsky Institute, Charles University, Institute for Chemical and Physical Processes, National Research Council, University of Cambridge, National Technical University of Athens, Czech Academy of Sciences, Astronomical Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Plasma Physics, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Technical University in Prague, FZU - Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, University of Helsinki, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology, Institute of International Relations Prague, University of Lisbon, University of Concepción, Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, University of Stuttgart
Language: English
Topic: Astro and Planetary Science
Subfield: Space and Planetary Science
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,125
Awards: G1103060955, G1271232955, G1297275841, G1378031221, G1396375287, G1570005492, G2117779996, Research and development of an advanced interaction vacuum system for laser spectroscopy, Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto de Ciências Moleculares, DEVELOPING STANDOFF LIBS FOR REAL-TIME CHEMICAL ANALYSIS IN MOLTEN PHASE AND AEROSOLS THROUGH COPPER PYRO-REFINING. A FUNDAMENTAL STUDY, G3455070883, G3604579774, G4961478360, G5796752652, G7231276211, Centro de Química Estrutural, G8777834623
OpenAlex ID: W4386837620