Sputtering of water ice

R.A. BARAGIOLA; R.A. VIDAL; W. SVENDSEN; J. SCHOU; M. SHI; D.A. BAHR; C.L. ATTEBERRY

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH B - BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS

Elsevier

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2003 vol. 209 p. 294 - 303

0168-583X

We present results of a range of experiments of sputtering of water ice together with a guide to the literature. We studied how sputtering depends on the projectile energy and fluence, ice growth temperature, irradiation temperature and external electric fields. We observed luminescence from the decay of H(2p) atoms sputtered by heavy ion impact, but not bulk ice luminescence. Radiolyzed ice does not sputter under 3.7 eV laser irradiat