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View article: A Small Linear Accelerator for Charged Microparticles
A Small Linear Accelerator for Charged Microparticles Open
Researching cosmic dust requires terrestrial facilities for accelerating analogues of different sizes and masses. To address the area of very lightweight particles, electrostatic accelerators like Van de Graaf accelerators or Linear Accele…
View article: Detection of organic compounds in freshly ejected ice grains from Enceladus’s ocean
Detection of organic compounds in freshly ejected ice grains from Enceladus’s ocean Open
Saturn’s moon Enceladus ejects a plume of ice grains and gases originating from a subsurface ocean via fractures near its south pole. The chemical characterization of organic material in such ice grains was previously conducted via the ana…
View article: A New Look at Enceladus’s Organic Inventory
A New Look at Enceladus’s Organic Inventory Open
Enceladus ejects subsurface material into space in the form of ice grains and gas from fractures in the moon’s south polar region, the Tiger Stripes (Porco et al. 2006; Hansen et al. 2006). Most of the ice grains fall back to the surface a…
View article: The DESTINY+ Dust Analyser (DDA) for in-situ Cosmic Dust Measurements
The DESTINY+ Dust Analyser (DDA) for in-situ Cosmic Dust Measurements Open
The DESTINY+ mission, led by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), offers a distinctive opportunity for in-situ measurements of cosmic dust. Scheduled for launch in 2028, the spacecraft will use electric propulsion during its inte…
View article: Calibration of Destiny Dust Analyzer (DDA) with Polypyrrole Coated Perylene Microparticles
Calibration of Destiny Dust Analyzer (DDA) with Polypyrrole Coated Perylene Microparticles Open
DESTINY+(Demonstration and Experiment of Space Technology for INterplanetary voYage with Phaethon fLyby and dUst Science) is a future JAXA interplanetary space mission to the active asteroid 3200 Phaethon (Ozaki et al. 2022). The primary s…
View article: Cassini’s New Look at Organic Material in Enceladus’ Plume Ice Grains with CDA: Implication for the Habitability of Ocean Worlds
Cassini’s New Look at Organic Material in Enceladus’ Plume Ice Grains with CDA: Implication for the Habitability of Ocean Worlds Open
The search for habitable environments in the outer solar system is at the forefront of contemporary space exploration. The presence of subsurface liquid water, energy sources, and organic molecules make some icy moons with subsurface ocean…
View article: The interstellar dust detection conditions with the DESTINY+ Dust Analyzer 
The interstellar dust detection conditions with the DESTINY+ Dust Analyzer  Open
The DESTINY+ spacecraft will be launched to the active asteroid (3200) Phaethon in 2025. The spacecraft will be equipped with the DESTINY+ Dust Analyzer (DDA) which will be a dust telescope hosting a time-of-flight impact ionization mass s…
View article: The DESTINY <sup>+</sup> Dust Analyser — a dust telescope for analysing cosmic dust dynamics and composition
The DESTINY <sup>+</sup> Dust Analyser — a dust telescope for analysing cosmic dust dynamics and composition Open
The DESTINY + (Demonstration and Experiment of Space Technology for INterplanetary voYage with Phaethon fLyby and dUst Science) Dust Analyser (DDA) is a state-of-the-art dust telescope for the in situ analysis of cosmic dust particles. As …
View article: Upgrades of a Small Electrostatic Dust Accelerator at the University of Stuttgart
Upgrades of a Small Electrostatic Dust Accelerator at the University of Stuttgart Open
In this paper, we describe the upgrade of a small electrostatic dust accelerator located at the University of Stuttgart. The newly developed dust source, focusing lens, differential detector and linac stage were successfully installed and …
View article: Development of the Destiny+ Dust Telescope
Development of the Destiny+ Dust Telescope Open
<p>Cosmic dust particles are important messengers. They contain information about their origin and their journey through space. The DESTINY<sup>+</sup> mission that launches in 2024 provides the opportunity to investigate…
View article: DOPE: A science planning tool for the Destiny+ Dust Analyzer
DOPE: A science planning tool for the Destiny+ Dust Analyzer Open
<p>We present the science planning tool for dust instrument observations that is currently under development within the DESTINY+ project. The JAXA-led DESTINY+ mission (Demonstration and Experiment of Space Technology for Interplanet…
View article: Supplementary data to: "Direct measurement of fragments generated by hypervelocity impact of dust particles at grazing incidents"
Supplementary data to: "Direct measurement of fragments generated by hypervelocity impact of dust particles at grazing incidents" Open
Supplementary data to: "Direct measurement of fragments generated by hypervelocity impact of dust particles at grazing incidents"
View article: Nanodust detection with Cassini CDA - Implications for DESTINY+ and Interstellar Probe
Nanodust detection with Cassini CDA - Implications for DESTINY+ and Interstellar Probe Open
<p>The Cosmic Dust Analyzer (CDA) onboard Cassini characterized successfully the dust environment at Saturn from 2004 to 2017. Besides the study of Saturn&#8217;s E ring and its interaction with the embedded moons, CDA detected n…
View article: Hypervelocity impact research with an electrostatic dust accelerator
Hypervelocity impact research with an electrostatic dust accelerator Open
Due to the their ubiquity and the high impact energy leading to extremely high temperatures and pressures in the affected materials, the physical processes caused by HVIs play an important role in a variety of fields such as the investigat…
View article: Constraints for a Saturn dust environment model based on in-situ data of the CDA instrument
Constraints for a Saturn dust environment model based on in-situ data of the CDA instrument Open
The Cosmic Dust Analyzer (CDA) onboard Cassini characterized successfully the dust environment at Saturn from 2004 to 2017. The study of Saturn’s E ring and its interaction with the embedded moons was a major scientific goal of Cassi…
View article: Close Cassini flybys of Saturn’s ring moons Pan, Daphnis, Atlas, Pandora, and Epimetheus
Close Cassini flybys of Saturn’s ring moons Pan, Daphnis, Atlas, Pandora, and Epimetheus Open
Cassini's last look at Saturn's rings During the final stages of the Cassini mission, the spacecraft flew between the planet and its rings, providing a new view on this spectacular system (see the Perspective by Ida). Setting the scene, Sp…