Research Article

Production of Oxidants by Ion Bombardment of Icy Moons in the Outer Solar System

Table 1

Summary of the experiments discussed in this paper.

Target H2O : CO2Thickness 1017 mol/cm2T (K)Ion (E in MeV)Electronic stopping power eV/Å−1Max dose (eV/16 u)

1 : 02.416He+(0.2)16186
1 : 02.377He+(0.2)1623
1 : 02.016H+(0.2)7180
1 : 02.577H+(0.2)740
1 : 0341258Ni11+(46)49030
1 : 03313129Xe23+(92)84923
1 : 0141358Ni13+(52)49213
10 : 16.91358Ni13+(52)4665
5 : 17.016He+(0.2)15.175
2.5 : 14.577He+(0.2)14.523
1 : 19.91358Ni13+(52)39811
1 : 13.016He+(0.2)13.822
0 : 17.51358Ni13+(52)66812