TY  - GEN
N2  - 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.
DO  - 10.7936/xavh-ag19
DO  - DOI
AB  - 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.
AD  - Washington University in St. Louis
AD  - Washington University in St. Louis
AD  - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
AD  - Washington University in St. Louis
AD  - Washington University in St. Louis
T1  - Data for "Spatially-Resolved Mid-Infrared Spectral Evidence of Space Weathering"
DA  - 2021-05-21
AU  - Utt, Kainen L.
AU  - Ogliore, Ryan C.
AU  - Bechtel, Hans A.
AU  - Gillis-Davis, Jeffrey J.
AU  - Jolliff, Bradley L.
L1  - https://data.library.wustl.edu/record/26/files/doi107936xavhag19_utt_dip.zip
L1  - https://data.library.wustl.edu/record/26/files/readme_utt.txt
LA  - eng
PY  - 2021-05-21
ID  - 26
L4  - https://data.library.wustl.edu/record/26/files/doi107936xavhag19_utt_dip.zip
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KW  - Physical sciences
KW  - Space Weathering
KW  - Infrared
KW  - Near-Field
KW  - Lunar Soil
TI  - Data for "Spatially-Resolved Mid-Infrared Spectral Evidence of Space Weathering"
Y1  - 2021-05-21
L2  - https://data.library.wustl.edu/record/26/files/doi107936xavhag19_utt_dip.zip
L2  - https://data.library.wustl.edu/record/26/files/readme_utt.txt
LK  - https://data.library.wustl.edu/record/26/files/doi107936xavhag19_utt_dip.zip
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UR  - https://data.library.wustl.edu/record/26/files/doi107936xavhag19_utt_dip.zip
UR  - https://data.library.wustl.edu/record/26/files/readme_utt.txt
ER  -