Simulating asteroid impacts and meteor events by high-power lasers: from the laboratory to spaceborne missions

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Astronomy and Space Sciences

Petr Kabáth¹  Pavel Pořízka²  Zita Martins³  Jorge Yáñez⁴  Klára Hlouchová⁵  Lukáš Nejdl⁶  Lakshika Palamakumbure⁷  Tomáš Kohout⁸  Barbora Drtinová⁹  Tomáš Mocek^1,10  Michael Pisařík^1,10  Martin Divoký^1,10  Giuseppe Cassone^1,11  Franz Saija^1,11  Nikola Schmidt^1,12  Miroslav Krůs^1,13  Sabine Klinkner^1,14  Jona Petri^1,14  Hitesh Changela^1,15  Ján Žabka^1,15  Homa Saeidfirozeh^1,15  Libor Lenža^1,15  Svatopoluk Civiš^1,15  Petr Kubelík^1,15  Martin Ferus^1,15  David Černý^1,15  Lukáš Petera^1,16  Antonín Knížek^1,16  Anna Křivková^1,17  Inna Uwarova^1,18  Elias Chatzitheodoridis^1,19  Paul B. Rimmer^2,20 

[1] Astronomical Institute CAS, Ondřejov, Czechia;Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czechia;Departamento de Engenharia Química, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal;Departamento de Química Analítica e Inorgánica, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile;Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia;Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czechia;Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia;Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czechia;HiLASE Centre, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia;Institute for Physical-Chemical Processes, National Research Council of Italy (IPCF-CNR), Messina, Italy;Institute of International Relations Prague, Prague, Czechia;Institute of Plasma Physics CAS, Prague, Czechia;Institute of Space Systems, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany;J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia;J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia;Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia;J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia;Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czechia;S A B Aerospace s r o, Brno, Czechia;School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece;University of Cambridge, Cavendish Astrophysics, Cambridge, United Kingdom;

关键词: astrochemistry;    laser;    ablation;    origin of life;    exoplanet;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fspas.2023.1186172

 received in 2023-03-14, accepted in 2023-08-28,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

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.

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Copyright © 2023 Ferus, Knížek, Cassone, Rimmer, Changela, Chatzitheodoridis, Uwarova, Žabka, Kabáth, Saija, Saeidfirozeh, Lenža, Krůs, Petera, Nejdl, Kubelík, Křivková, Černý, Divoký, Pisařík, Kohout, Palamakumbure, Drtinová, Hlouchová, Schmidt, Martins, Yáñez, Civiš, Pořízka, Mocek, Petri and Klinkner.