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PI : Hiroshi Naraoka

Title : Organic characterization of Hayabusa category 3 particles using desorption electrospray ionization/Orbitrap mass spectrometry (DESI/Orbitrap-MS)

Abstract

Category 3 particles recovered from the Hayabusa spacecraft show carbon-rich signatures by SEM-EDS. Even though the carbonaceous particles are not likely to be extraterrestrial materials by previous studies, the origins have not been clear yet. In this study, the category 3 particles are analyzed to characterize the detailed chemical structures by desorption electrospray ionization coupled with Orbitrap mass spectrometry in order to investigate their origins.

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