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

0575928 - ÚFCH JH 2024 RIV CH eng J - Journal Article
Ferus, Martin - Knížek, Antonín - Cassone, G. - Rimmer, P. B. - Changela, Hitesh Gunvantrai - Chatzitheodoridis, E. - Uwarova, I. - Žabka, Ján - Kabáth, Petr - Saija, F. - Saeidfirozeh, Homa - Lenža, Libor - Krůs, Miroslav - Petera, Lukáš - Nejdl, L. - Kubelík, Petr - Křivková, Anna - Černý, David - Divoký, Martin - Písařík, Michael - Kohout, Tomáš - Palamakumbure, L. - Drtinová, B. - Hlouchová, K. - Schmidt, N. - Martins, Z. - Yanez, J. - Civiš, Svatopluk - Pořízka, P. - Mocek, Tomáš - Petri, J. - Klinkner, S.
Simulating asteroid impacts and meteor events by high-power lasers: from the laboratory to spaceborne missions.
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. Roč. 10, SEP 2023 (2023), č. článku 1186172. E-ISSN 2296-987X
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA21-11366S
Grant - others:Akademie věd - GA AV ČR(CZ) R200402101
Institutional support: RVO:61388955 ; RVO:61389021 ; RVO:67985815 ; RVO:67985831 ; RVO:68378271
Keywords : ablation * lasers * astrochemistry
OECD category: Physical chemistry; Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics) (UFP-V); Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science) (GLU-S); Optics (including laser optics and quantum optics) (FZU-D); Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science) (ASU-R)
Impact factor: 3, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2023.1186172/full

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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