Laboratory Investigation of CO2-driven Enhancement of Radiolytic H2O2 on Europa and Other Icy Moons

Observations of Europa’s leading hemisphere reveal elevated H _2 O _2 in the warmer, low-latitude chaos terrains compared to the colder, polar regions. This distribution disagrees with prior laboratory radiolysis studies of pure water ice, which show higher H _2 O _2 yields at colder temperatures. T...

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Published in:	The Planetary Science Journal
Main Authors:	Bereket D. Mamo, Ujjwal Raut, Ben D. Teolis, Trevor P. Erwin, Richard J. Cartwright, Silvia Protopapa, Kurt D. Retherford, Tom A. Nordheim
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Subjects:	Europa Surface composition Radiation interactions (Ice) Carbon dioxide Plutonian satellites Galilean satellites
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ade3d8