Monte Carlo calculations of the atmospheric sputtering yields on Titan
Gu, H.1; Cui, J.2,3,7; Niu, D. -D.1; Wellbrock, A.4,5; Tseng, W. -L.6; Xu, X. -J.1
刊名ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
2019-02-26
卷号623期号:页码:10
关键词planets and satellites: individual: Titan planets and satellites: atmospheres
ISSN号1432-0746
DOI10.1051/0004-6361/201833761
英文摘要

Context. Sputtering serves as an important mechanism of atmospheric escape in the solar system. Aims. This study is devoted to atmospheric sputtering on Titan, with a special focus on how the N-2 and CH4 sputtering yields respond to varying ion incidence energy and angle, and varying ion mass. Methods. A Monte Carlo model was constructed to track the energy degradation of incident ions and atmospheric recoils from which the sputtering yields were obtained. A large number of model runs were performed, taking into account three categories of incident ion with representative masses of 1, 16, and 28 Da, as well as two collision models both characterized by a strongly forward scattering angle distribution, but different in terms of the inclusion or exclusion of electronic excitation of ambient neutrals. Results. Our model calculations reveal substantial increases in both the N-2 and CH4 sputtering yields with increasing ion incidence energy and angle, and increasing ion mass. The energy distribution of escaping molecules is described reasonably well by a power law, with an enhanced high energy tail for more energetic incident ions and less massive atmospheric recoils. The CH4-to-N-2 sputtering yield ratio is found to range from 10 to 20%, increasing with increasing incidence angle and also increasing with decreasing incidence energy. An approximate treatment of ion impact chemistry is also included in our model, predicting N-2 sputtering yields on Titan that are in broad agreement with previous results.

资助项目Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT)[039/2013/A2] ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT)[082/2015/A3] ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[41525015] ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[41774186]
WOS关键词MAGNETOSPHERIC INTERACTION ; CROSS-SECTIONS ; NITROGEN ; ESCAPE ; ION ; DISSOCIATION ; COLLISIONS ; DIFFUSION ; HYDROGEN ; EXOBASE
WOS研究方向Astronomy & Astrophysics
语种英语
出版者EDP SCIENCES S A
WOS记录号WOS:000459646400001
资助机构Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (FDCT) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
内容类型期刊论文
源URL[http://ir.hfcas.ac.cn:8080/handle/334002/42021]  
专题中国科学院合肥物质科学研究院
通讯作者Cui, J.
作者单位1.Macau Univ Sci & Technol, Space Sci Inst, Macau, Peoples R China
2.Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Atmospher Sci, Zhuhai, Guangdong, Peoples R China
3.Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Ctr Excellence Comparat Planetol, Hefei, Anhui, Peoples R China
4.Univ Coll London, Mullard Space Sci Lab, Dorking, Surrey, England
5.Univ Coll London Birkbeck, Ctr Planetary Sci, London, England
6.Natl Taiwan Normal Univ, Dept Earth Sci, Taipei, Taiwan
7.Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Key Lab Lunar & Deep Space Explorat, Beijing, Peoples R China
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Gu, H.,Cui, J.,Niu, D. -D.,et al. Monte Carlo calculations of the atmospheric sputtering yields on Titan[J]. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS,2019,623(无):10.
APA Gu, H.,Cui, J.,Niu, D. -D.,Wellbrock, A.,Tseng, W. -L.,&Xu, X. -J..(2019).Monte Carlo calculations of the atmospheric sputtering yields on Titan.ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS,623(无),10.
MLA Gu, H.,et al."Monte Carlo calculations of the atmospheric sputtering yields on Titan".ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 623.无(2019):10.
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