Ebook: The Science of Solar System Ices

The role of laboratory research and simulations in advancing our understanding of solar system ices (including satellites, KBOs, comets, and giant planets) is becoming increasingly important. Understanding ice surface radiation processing, particle and radiation penetration depths, surface and subsurface chemistry, morphology, phases, density, conductivity, etc., are only a few examples of the inventory of issues that are being addressed by Earth-based laboratory research.

As a response to the growing need for cross-disciplinary dialog and communication in the Planetary Ices science community, this book aims to achieve direct dialog and foster focused collaborations among the observational, modeling, and laboratory research communities.

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The Science of Solar System Ices

The role of laboratory research and simulations in advancing our understanding of solar system ices (including satellites, KBOs, comets, and giant planets) is becoming increasingly important. Understanding ice surface radiation processing, particle and radiation penetration depths, surface and subsurface chemistry, morphology, phases, density, conductivity, etc., are only a few examples of the inventory of issues that are being addressed by Earth-based laboratory research.

As a response to the growing need for cross-disciplinary dialog and communication in the planetary ices science community, this book aims to foster focused collaborations among the observational, modeling, and laboratory research communities. The book is a compilation of articles from experts in ices: experimentalists, modelers, and observers (ground-based telescopes and space missions). Most of the contributors featured in this book are renowned experts in their respective fields. Many of these scientists have also participated in the book entitled Solar Systems Ices (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998) in the Astrophysics and Space Science Library Series.

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The Science of Solar System Ices

The role of laboratory research and simulations in advancing our understanding of solar system ices (including satellites, KBOs, comets, and giant planets) is becoming increasingly important. Understanding ice surface radiation processing, particle and radiation penetration depths, surface and subsurface chemistry, morphology, phases, density, conductivity, etc., are only a few examples of the inventory of issues that are being addressed by Earth-based laboratory research.

As a response to the growing need for cross-disciplinary dialog and communication in the planetary ices science community, this book aims to foster focused collaborations among the observational, modeling, and laboratory research communities. The book is a compilation of articles from experts in ices: experimentalists, modelers, and observers (ground-based telescopes and space missions). Most of the contributors featured in this book are renowned experts in their respective fields. Many of these scientists have also participated in the book entitled Solar Systems Ices (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998) in the Astrophysics and Space Science Library Series.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Observed Ices in the Solar System....Pages 3-46
Photometric Properties of Solar System Ices....Pages 47-72
Ultraviolet Properties of Planetary Ices....Pages 73-105
The Ices on Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs....Pages 107-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
First-Principles Calculations of Physical Properties of Planetary Ices....Pages 149-169
Frictional Sliding of Cold Ice: A Fundamental Process Underlying Tectonic Activity Within Icy Satellites....Pages 171-181
Planetary Ices Attenuation Properties....Pages 183-225
Creep Behavior of Ice in Polar Ice Sheets....Pages 227-251
Cratering on Icy Bodies....Pages 253-278
Geology of Icy Bodies....Pages 279-367
Front Matter....Pages 369-369
Amorphous and Crystalline H2O-Ice....Pages 371-408
Clathrate Hydrates: Implications for Exchange Processes in the Outer Solar System....Pages 409-454
Cometary Ices....Pages 455-485
Gas Trapping in Ice and Its Release upon Warming....Pages 487-499
Front Matter....Pages 501-501
Chemistry in Water Ices: From Fundamentals to Planetary Applications....Pages 503-526
Radiation Effects in Water Ice in the Outer Solar System....Pages 527-549
Sputtering of Ices....Pages 551-581
Photochemistry in Terrestrial Ices....Pages 583-644
Back Matter....Pages 645-657

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The Science of Solar System Ices

The role of laboratory research and simulations in advancing our understanding of solar system ices (including satellites, KBOs, comets, and giant planets) is becoming increasingly important. Understanding ice surface radiation processing, particle and radiation penetration depths, surface and subsurface chemistry, morphology, phases, density, conductivity, etc., are only a few examples of the inventory of issues that are being addressed by Earth-based laboratory research.

As a response to the growing need for cross-disciplinary dialog and communication in the planetary ices science community, this book aims to foster focused collaborations among the observational, modeling, and laboratory research communities. The book is a compilation of articles from experts in ices: experimentalists, modelers, and observers (ground-based telescopes and space missions). Most of the contributors featured in this book are renowned experts in their respective fields. Many of these scientists have also participated in the book entitled Solar Systems Ices (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998) in the Astrophysics and Space Science Library Series.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Observed Ices in the Solar System....Pages 3-46
Photometric Properties of Solar System Ices....Pages 47-72
Ultraviolet Properties of Planetary Ices....Pages 73-105
The Ices on Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs....Pages 107-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
First-Principles Calculations of Physical Properties of Planetary Ices....Pages 149-169
Frictional Sliding of Cold Ice: A Fundamental Process Underlying Tectonic Activity Within Icy Satellites....Pages 171-181
Planetary Ices Attenuation Properties....Pages 183-225
Creep Behavior of Ice in Polar Ice Sheets....Pages 227-251
Cratering on Icy Bodies....Pages 253-278
Geology of Icy Bodies....Pages 279-367
Front Matter....Pages 369-369
Amorphous and Crystalline H2O-Ice....Pages 371-408
Clathrate Hydrates: Implications for Exchange Processes in the Outer Solar System....Pages 409-454
Cometary Ices....Pages 455-485
Gas Trapping in Ice and Its Release upon Warming....Pages 487-499
Front Matter....Pages 501-501
Chemistry in Water Ices: From Fundamentals to Planetary Applications....Pages 503-526
Radiation Effects in Water Ice in the Outer Solar System....Pages 527-549
Sputtering of Ices....Pages 551-581
Photochemistry in Terrestrial Ices....Pages 583-644
Back Matter....Pages 645-657
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