NASA/SSERVI's Institute for Modeling Plasma, Atmospheres and Cosmic Dust 1 article published in JoVE Environment Experimental Methods of Dust Charging and Mobilization on Surfaces with Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation or Plasmas Xu Wang1,2, Joseph Schwan1,2, Noah Hood1,2, Hsiang-Wen Hsu1,2, Eberhard Grün1,2, Mihály Horányi1,2 1Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, 2 Dust charging and mobilization is demonstrated in three experiments with exposure to thermal plasma with beam electrons, beam electrons only, or ultraviolet (UV) radiation only. These experiments present the advanced understanding of electrostatic dust transport and its role in shaping the surfaces of airless planetary bodies.
