Projects
- Verbundvorhaben BepiColombo MERTIS: Inbetriebnahme und Observation; Teilvorhaben Universität Münster ()
Participation in other joint Project: | Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy | Project Number: 50QW2502A - BC MERTIS: Cruise Phase Teil 2 - Teilvorhaben Labormessung und Missionsunterstützung ()
Participation in Federally Funded Joint Project: | Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy | Project Number: 50QW2201A - BC MERTIS: Systemtests, Start, Inbetriebnahme, Cruise-Phase Teil 1 ()
Participation in Federally Funded Joint Project: | Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy | Project Number: 50QW1701 - Mercury Radiometer & Thermal Infrared Spectrometer, Phase E/F1 – MERTIS ()
Participation in other joint Project: | Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy | Project Number: 50QW1302 - Compact LIPS Spektrometer – GENTNER Phase B ()
Participation in Federally Funded Joint Project: | Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space | Project Number: 50QX0602
- Verbundvorhaben BepiColombo MERTIS: Inbetriebnahme und Observation; Teilvorhaben Universität Münster ()
Publications
- Morlok, Andreas, Sehlke, Alexander, Stojic, Aleksandra N., Whittington, Alan, Weber, Iris, Reitze, Maximilian P., Hiesinger, Harald, and Helbert, Joern. . “Synthetic analogs for lava flows on the surface of Mercury: A mid-infrared study.” Icarus, № 415 116078. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116078.
- Weber, I, Pavlov, SG, Böttger, U, and Reitze, MP. . “Alteration in the Raman spectra of characteristic rock-forming silicate mixtures due to micrometeorite bombardment.” Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 8), № 55 : 901–913. doi: 10.1002/jrs.6676.
- Reitze, MP, Renggli, C, Morlok, A, Weber, I, Rodehorst, U, Berndt, J, Klemme, S, and Hiesinger, H. . “Crystallographic and Mid-Infrared Spectroscopic Properties of the CaS-MgS Solid Solution.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 8), № 129 : e2024JE0–e2024JE008483. doi: 10.1029/2024JE008483.
- Sergey, G.Pavlov, Iris, Weber, Ute, Böttger, Ulrich, Schade, and and, Jörg Fritz. . “Prediction of Olivine Composition Under Limited Calibration Inputs: Comparative Study of Mid-Infrared Reflection, Raman Scattering, and Laser-Induced Plasma Spectroscopies.” Applied Spectroscopy, № 2024: 1–17. doi: 10.1177/00037028241305162.
- Stojic, A.N., Weber, I., Morlok, A., Pavlov, S.G., Hiesinger, H., Reitze, M.P., Maturilli, A., Schmedemann, N., Bauch, K.E., Pasckert, J.H., and Helbert, J. . “Simulation of surface regolith gardening and impact associated melt layer production under ns-pulsed laser ablation.” Icarus, № 391 doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115344.
- Morlok, A, Renggli, C, Charlier, B, Namur, O, Klemme, S, Reitze, MP, Weber, IStojic AN, and Bauch KE, Hiesinger H Helbert J. . “A mid-infrared study of synthetic glass and crystal mixtures analog to the geochemical terranes on mercury.” Icarus, № 396: 115498. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115498.
- Reitze, MP, Weber, I, Morlok, A, Hiesinger, H, Pasckert, JH, Schmedemann, N, Bauch, KE, Stojic, AN, and Helbert, J. . “Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Feldspars From the Bühl Basalt (Northern Hesse, Germany) Formed Under Reducing Conditions as Terrestrial Analogue of Mercury for MERTIS.” Earth and Space Science 6), № 10 : e2023EA002903. doi: 10.1029/2023EA002903.
- Weber, I, Reitze, MP, Morlok, A, Stojic, AN, Hiesinger, H, Schmedemann, N, Bauch, KE, Pasckert, JH, and Helbert, J. . “Mid-IR spectral properties of different surfaces of silicate mixtures before and after excimer laser irradiation.” Icarus, № 404: 115683–115683. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115683.
- Renggli, CJ, Stojic, AN, Morlok, A, Berndt, J, Weber, I, Klemme, S, and Hiesinger, H. . “Mid-infrared spectroscopy of sulfidation reaction products and implications for sulfur on Mercury.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 12), № 128 : e2023JE0. doi: 10.1029/2023JE007895.
- Renggli, CJ, Klemme, S, Morlok, A, Berndt, J, Weber, I, Hiesinger, H, and King, PL. . “Sulfides and hollows formed on Mercury’s surface by reactions with reducing S-rich gases.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, № 593: 117647. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117647.
- Weber, I, Böttger, U, Hanke, F, Reitze, MP, Heeger, M, Adolphs, T, and Arlinghaus, HF. . “Space weathering simulation of micrometeorite bombardment on silicates and their mixture for space application.” Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 3), № 53 : 411–419. doi: 10.1002/jrs.6162.
- Morlok, A, Renggli, C, Charlier, B, Reitze, MP, Klemme, S, Namur, O, Sohn, M, Martin, D, Weber, I, Stojic, AN, Hiesinger, H, Joy, KH, Wogelius, R, Tollan, P, Carli, C, Bauch, KE, and Helbert, J. . “Mid-infrared reflectance spectroscopy of synthetic glass analogs for mercury surface studies.” Icarus, № 361: 114363. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114363.
- Stojic, AN, Morlok, A, Tollan, P, Kohout, T, Hermann, J, Weber, I, Moreau, J, Hiesinger, H, Sohn, M, Bauch, KE, Reitze, MP, and Helbert, J. . “A shock recovery experiment and its implications for Mercury's surface: The effect of high pressure on porous olivine powder as a regolith analog.” ıcarus, № 357: 114162. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114162.
- Weber, I, Reitze, MP, Heeger, M, Adolphs, T, Morlok, A, Stojic, AN, Hiesinger, H, Arlinghaus, HF, and Helbert, J. . “The effect of excimer laser irradiation on mid-IR spectra of mineral mixtures for remote sensing.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, № 569: 117072. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117072.
- Reitze, MP, Weber, I, Morlok, A, Hiesinger, H, Bauch, KE, Stojic, AN, and Helbert, J. . “Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Anorthosite Samples From Near Manicouagan Crater, Canada, as Analogue for Remote Sensing of Mercury and Other Terrestrial Solar System Objects.” Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets) 8), № 126 : e06832. doi: 10.1029/2021JE006832.
- Donnermeyer, D., Ibing, M., Bürklein, S., Weber, I., Reitze, M.P., and Schäfer, E. . “Physico-Chemical Investigation of Endodontic Sealers Exposed to Simulated Intracanal Heat Application: Hydraulic Calcium Silicate-Based Sealers.” Materials 4), № 14 : 1–11. doi: 10.3390/ma14040728.
- Cho, Yuichiro, Bottger, Ute, Rull, Fernando, Hubers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Belenguer, Tomas, Borner, Anko, Buder, Maximilian, Bunduki, Yuri, Dietz, Enrico, Hagelschuer, Till, Kameda, Shingo, Kopp, Emanuel, Lieder, Matthias, Lopez-Reyes, Guillermo, Inza, Andoni Gaizka Moral, Mori, Shoki, Ogura, JoAkino, Paproth, Carsten, Canora, Carlos Perez, Pertenais, Martin, Peter, Gisbert, Prieto-Ballesteros, Olga, Rockstein, Steve, Rodd-Routley, Selene, Perez, Pablo Rodriguez, Ryan, Conor, Santamaria, Pilar, Sauberlich, Thomas, Schrandt, Friedrich, Schroder, Susanne, Stangarone, Claudia, Ulamec, Stephan, Usui, Tomohiro, Weber, Iris, Westerdorff, Karsten, and Yumoto, Koki. . “In situ science on Phobos with the Raman spectrometer for MMX (RAX): preliminary design and feasibility of Raman measurements.” Earth, Planets and Space 1), № 73 doi: 10.1186/s40623-021-01496-z.
- Reitze, MP, Weber, I, Kroll, H, Morlok, A, Hiesinger, H, and Helbert, J. . “Mid-infrared spectroscopy of alkali feldspar samples for space application.” Mineralogy and Petrology, № 114: 453–463. doi: 10.1007/s00710-020-00709-9.
- Hiesinger, H, Helbert, J, Alemanno, G, Bauch, K, D'Amore, M, Maturilli, A, Morlok, A, Reitze, M, Stangarone, C, Stojic, A, Varatharajan, I, Weber, I, and and, the M ERT IS-Co-I Team. . “Studying the Composition and Mineralogy of the Hermean Surface with the Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (MERTIS) for the BepiColombo Mission: An Update.” Space Science Reviews 6), № 216 : 110. doi: 10.1007/s11214-020-00732-4.
- Morlok, A., Weber, I., Stojic, A.N., Sohn, M., Bischoff, A., Martin, D., Hiesinger, H., and Helbert, J. . “Mid-infrared reflectance spectroscopy of aubrite components.” Meteoritics and Planetary Science, № 55: 2080–2096. doi: 10.1111/maps.13568.
- Weber, I, Stojic, A, Morlok, A, Reitze, M, Markus, K, Hiesinger, H, Pavlov, S, Wirth, R, Schreiber, A, Sohn, M, Hübers, H, and Helbert, J. . “Space weathering by simulated micrometeorite bombardment on natural olivine and pyroxene: A coordinated IR and TEM study.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, № 530 doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115884.
- Bischoff, A., Barrat, J.-A., Berndt, J., Borovicka, J., Burkhardt, C., Busemann, H., Hakenmüller, J., Heinlein, D., Hertzog, J., Kaiser, J., Maden, C., Meier, M.M. M., Morino, P., Pack, A., Patzek, M., Reitze, M.P., Rüfenacht, M., Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Schönbächler, M., Spurny, P., Weber, I., Wimmer, K., and and, Zikmund T. . “The Renchen L5-6 chondrite breccia – the first confirmed meteorite fall from Baden-Württemberg (Germany).” Geochemistry – Chemie der Erde, № 79: 125525. doi: 10.1016/j.chemer.2019.07.007.
- Mannel, T., Bentley, M.S., Boakes, P.S., Jeszenszky, H., Ehrenfreund, P., Engrand, C., Koeberl, C., Levasseur-Regourd, A.C., Romstedt, J., Schmied, R., Torkar, K., and Weber, I. . “Dust of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko collected by Rosetta/MIDAS: classification and extension to the nanometre scale.” Astronomy and Astrophysics, № 1 doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834851.
- Morlok, Andreas, Hamann, Christopher, Martin, Dayl, Weber, Iris, Joy, Katherine H., Hiesinger, Harald, Wogelius, Roy, Stojic, Aleksandra, and Helbert, Jorn. . “Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Laser-Produced Basalt Melts for Remote Sensing Application.” Icarus, № 1 doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113410.
- Schröder, Susanne, Rammelkamp, Kristin, Hanke, Franziska, Weber, Iris, Vogt, David Sebastian, Frohmann, Sven, Kubitza, Simon, Böttger, Ute, and Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm. . “Effects of pulsed laser and plasma interaction on Fe, Ni, Ti, and their oxides for LIBS Raman analysis in extraterrestrial environments.” Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, № 1 doi: 10.1002/jrs.5650.
- Morlok, A, Klemme, S, Weber, I, Stojic, A, Sohn, M, Hiesinger, H, and Helbert, J. . “Mid-infrared spectroscopy of planetary analogs: A database for planetary remote sensing.” Icarus, № 324: 86–103. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.02.010.
- Bahrambeygi, Bahram; Moeinzadeh, Hesam; Prakash, Divya; Weber, Iris. . “Raman characteristics of Alpine–Himalayan serpentine polymorphs: A case study of Khankuie ultramafic complex, southeast of Iran.” Journal of Earth System Science B), № 8 / 128 : 238. doi: 10.1007/s12040-019-1259-6.
- David, KAET ER, A., ZIEM ANN Martin, Ute, BÖTTG ER, Iris, WEBER, Lutz, HECHT, A., VORO PAEV Sergey, V., KORO CHA NTS EV Alexander, and V., KOCH EROV Andrey. . “The Chelyabinsk meteorite: New insights from a comprehensive electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy study with evidence for graphite in olivine of ordinary chondrites.” Meteoritics & Planetary Science, № 53: 416–432.
- K., Weber Iris | Böttger Ute| Pavlov Sergey G. | Stojic Aleksandra | Hübers Heinz‐Wilhelm | Jessberger Elmar. . “Raman spectra of hydrous minerals investigated under various environmental conditions in preparation for planetary space missions.” Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, № 49: 1830–1839.
- Weber, I., Böttger, U., Pavlov, S.G., Hübers, H.-W., Hiesinger, H., and Jessberger, E.K. . “Laser alteration on iron sulfides under various environmental conditions.” Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, № 2017 doi: 10.1002/jrs.5083.
- Böttger, U., Maiwald, M., Hanke, F., Braune, M., Pavlov, S.G., Schröder, S., Weber, I., Busemann, H., Sumpf, B., Tränkle, G., and Hübers, H.-W. . “Shifted Excitation Raman Difference Spectroscopy applied to extraterrestrial particles returned from the asteroid Itokawa.” Planetary and Space Science, № 144: 106–111. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2017.05.004.
- Böttger, U., Pavlov, S.G., Deßmann, N., Hanke, F., Weber, I., Fritz, J., and Hübers, H.-W. . “Laser-induced alteration of Raman spectra for micron-sized solid particles.” Planetary and Space Science 138), № 2017 : 25–32. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2017.02.001.
- Morlok, Andreas, Klemme, Stephan, Weber, Iris, Stojic, Aleksandra, Sohn, Martin, and Hiesinger, Harald. . “IR Spectroscopy of Synthetic Glasses with Mercury Surface Composition: Analogs for Remote Sensing.” Icarus, № 296: 123–138.
- Bentley, M.S., Schmied, R., Mannel, T., Torkar, K., Jeszenszky, H., Romstedt, J., Levasseur-Regourd, A.-C., Weber, I., Jessberger, E.K., Ehrenfreund, P., Koeberl, C., and Havnes, O. . “Aggregate dust particles at comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.” Nature, № 537 (7618) doi: 10.1038/nature19091.
- Morlok, A., Stojic, A., Weber, I., Hiesinger, H., Zanetti, M., and Helbert, J. . “Mid-infrared bi-directional reflectance spectroscopy of impact melt glasses and tektites.” Icarus, № 278: 162–179. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.06.013.
- Morlok, A., Stojic, A., Dittmar, I., Hiesinger, H., Tiedeken, M., Sohn, M., Weber, I., and Helbert, H. . “Mid-infrared spectroscopy of impactites from the Nördlinger Ries impact crater.” Icarus, № 264: 352–368. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.10.003.
- Weber, I., Morlok, A., Bischoff, A., Hiesinger, H., Ward, D., Joy, K., Crowther, S., Jastrzebski, N., Gilmour, J., Clay, P., Wogelius, R., Greenwood, R., Franchi, I., and Münker, C. . “Cosmochemical and spectroscopic properties of Northwest Africa 7325-A consortium study.” Meteoritics and Planetary Science 1), № 51 : 3–30. doi: 10.1111/maps.12586.
- Weber, I., Böttger, U., Pavlov, S.G., Jessberger, E.K., and Hübers, H.-W. . “Mineralogical and Raman spectroscopy studies of natural olivines exposed to different planetary environments.” Planetary and Space Science, № 104 (B): 163–172.
Research Articles (Journals)
- Peter, G., Helbert, J., Hiesinger, H., Weber, I., Walter, I., Arnold, G., and Säuberlich, T. . “The Developing of MERTIS as an advanced process – From the study up to the flight model.” Proceedings of SPIE, № 8867 doi: 10.1117/12.2024375.
Research Article (Book Contributions)
- Böttger, U., Hermelink, A., de Vera, J.-P., Fritz, J., Weber, I., and Schulze-Makuch, D.and Hübers H.W. . “Application of Raman Spectroscopy as in-situ technology for the search for life.” in Habitability of Other Planets and Satellites., edited by Seckbach J. and de Vera J.P.. Springer VDI Verlag.
- Böttger, U., de Vera, J.-P., Fritz, J., Weber, I., Hübers, H.-W., and and, Schulze-Makuch D. . “Optimizing the Detection of Carotene in Cyanobacteria in a Martian Regolith Analogue with a Raman Laser Spectrometer on ExoMars.” Planetary and Space Science, № 60: 356–362.
- Zeh, T., Peter, G., Walter, I., Kopp, E., Knollenberg, J., Helbert, J., Gehardt, A., Weber, I., and Hiesinger, H. . “MERTIS - The Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer Onboard of the Mercury Planetary Orbiter.” Proceedings of ICSO, № 162
- Rost, D, Stephan, T, Greshake, A, Fritz, J, Weber, I, Jessberger, EK, and Stöffler, D. . “A combined ToF-SIMS and EMP/SEM study of a three-phase sympletictite in the Los Angeles basaltic shergottite.” Meteoritics and Planetary Science 8), № 44 : 1225–1237. doi: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb01219.x.
- Srinivasan, G, Whitehouse, MJ, Weber, I, and Yamaguchi, A. . “The Crystallization Age of Eucrite Zircon.” Science 5836), № 317 : 345–347. doi: 10.1126/science.1140264.
- Weber, I., Semenenko, V.P., Stephan, T., and Jessberger, E.K. . “TEM investigations of a ‘mysterite’ inclusion from the Krymka LL-chondrite.” Meteoritics Planet. Science 41), № 2006 : 571–580.
- Semenenko, V.P., Jessberger, E.K., Chaussidon, M., Weber, I., Stephan, T., and Wies, C. . “Carbonaceous xenoliths in the Krymka LL3.1-chondrite: mysteries and established facts.” Geochemica Cosmo. Acta 69), № 2005 : 2165–2182.
- Weber, I., Bischoff, A., and Weber, D. . “TEM investigations on the monomict ureilites Jalanash and Hammadah al Hamra 064.” Meteoritics Planet. Science, № 38: 145–156.
- Semenenko, V.P., Bischoff, A., Weber, I., Perron, C., and Girich, A.L. . “Mineralogy of fine-grained material in the Krymka (LL3) chondrite.” Meteoritics Planet. Science, № 36: 1067–1085.
