Data for "Spatially-Resolved Mid-Infrared Spectral Evidence of Space Weathering"

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https://doi.org/10.7936/xavh-ag19

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The Advanced Light Source is a DOE Office of Science User Facility under contract no. DE-AC02-05CH11231.

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Abstract

Space weathering processes induce changes to the physical, chemical, and optical properties of space-exposed soil grains. For the Moon, space weathering causes reddening, darkening, and diminished contrast in reflectance spectra over visible and near-infrared wavelengths. The physical and chemical changes responsible for these optical effects occur on scales below the diffraction limit of traditional far-field spectroscopic techniques. Recently developed super-resolution spectroscopic techniques provide an opportunity to understand better the optical effects of space weathering on the sub-micrometer length scale. In this paper, we used a synchrotron-based spectroscopic technique with ∼20 nm spatial resolution to examine cross-sections from two mature lunar soils at midinfrared wavelengths (700–2000 cm−1; 5–14.3 µm). Our findings are broadly consistent with prior bulk observations and theoretical models of space weathered spectra of lunar materials. These results provide a direct spatial link between the physical/chemical changes in space-exposed grain surfaces and spectral changes of space-weathered bodies.

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en

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.

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Publication Date

2020