Penetration of projectiles into granular targets

• Published in: Reports on progress in physics Vol. 76; no. 6; pp. 66601 - 23
• Main Author: Ruiz-Suárez, J C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England IOP Publishing 01.06.2013
• Subjects: Asteroids; Collisions; Craters; Ingredients; Low energy; Penetration; Projectiles; Solar system

Energetic collisions of subatomic particles with fixed or moving targets have been very valuable to penetrate into the mysteries of nature. But the mysteries are quite intriguing when projectiles and targets are macroscopically immense. We know that countless debris wandering in space impacted (and...