Monday, Sept, 16th

    9:00AM - 9:30AM: Welcome

    9:30AM - 2:30PM : I. Probing Mercury's material

    2:30PM - 4:00PM : Poster session

    4:00PM - 5:30PM : II. Mercury's Volatiles

     

    Tuesday, Sept, 17th

    ​​​​9:00AM - 9:10AM: Welcome

    9:10AM - 12:00AM : III. Challenges of observing Mercury

    1:00PM - 3:00PM : IV. Mercury's Iron paradox

    3:30PM - 5:30PM : V. Surface-environment interactions

     

    Wednesday, Sept, 18th

    ​​​​​​9:00AM - 9:10AM: Welcome

    9:10AM - 9:50AM : Overview of the workshop discussion and results

    10:00AM - 12:00AM : Discussion - Lab plan and output of the workshop

    12:00AM : End of the workshop

     

    The abstract booklet is available here.

     

    Detailed programme:

      Day 1
    09:00-9:10
    Welcome to the Mercury Lab Workshop
    09:10-9:20
    09:20-9:30
      I. Probing Mercury's materials (Chairs: Jörn Helbert & Océane Barraud)
    9:30-10:00
    Camille Cartier
    Petrology experiments to produce the best Mercury analogues
    10:00-10:10 Tiff Barry Synthetic crystalline samples of MESSENGER compositions as Mercury analogues
    10:10-10:20 Llado Laurie Production of Mercury's surface analogues by experimental petrology: an overview of the evacuated silica tube technique
    10:20-10:30 Q&A
    10:30-11-00
    Coffee break
    11:00-11:10 Julia Ann Cartwright Exploring Mercury’s Diverse Surface Compositions Using the Ground Reference Facility (GREF)
    11:10-11:20 Jessy Flahaut The hyperspectral remote sensing laboratory at CRPG Nancy, France
    11:20-11:30 Melanie Sieber High-PT experimental facilities for planetary materials
    11:30-11:40 Q&A
    11:40-12:00
    Discussion
     
     
    Lunch break
     
     
     
       
    13:00-13:10 Aurélie Van den Neucker The Spectral Characterization of the Ribbeck Aubrite as Mercury Analog : The Effect of Heating in Preparation for MERTIS Flyby 5.
    13:10-13:20 Emelia Branagan-Harris Phobos’ Origin: A Ground-Truthing Investigation through Laboratory Analysis of Analogues and Meteorites.
    13:20-13:30 Q&A
    13:30-13:40 Anna Irene Landi Spectroscopic and minero-petrological investigation of boninites from Cyprus as potential analogues of Mercury lavas
    13:40-13:50 Kovalskii Georgii Basaltic glasses in the lower mantle: trace elements as markers of local structure changes
    13:50-14:00 Q&A
    14:00-14:30
    Discussion
      Poster session
    14:30-16:00
    Poster session (poster list) + DLR Labs Tour
      II. Mercury's volatiles (Iris Weber & Adrian Martindale)
    16:00-16:30
    Christian J. Renggli
    High-temperature Mercury experiments at MPS
    16:30-16:40 Brendan A. Anzures Investigating Mercury from Core to Crust Through Multidisciplinary Approaches
    16:40-16:50 Emily Fischer Insights into Mercury’s melt structure from a multidimensional analytical approach
    16:50-17:00 Q&A
    17:00-17:30
    Discussion
      End of day 1

     

      Day 2
    09:00-9:10 Welcome + Organisation (Océane)
      III. Challenges of observing Mercury (Solmaz Adeli & Bernard Charlier)
    09:10-9:40
    Kerri Donaldson Hanna
    Spectral Characterization of Solar System Airless Bodies Analogues
    09:40-9:50 Adam Fox Laboratory studies to validate an indirect method of sensing carbon enrichments in the LRM with MIXS
    9:50-10:00 Q&A
    10:00-10:10 Andreas Morlok Mid-Infrared Studies of Hermean Analogues at IRIS Labs, Universität Münster
    10:10-10:20 Alessandro Maturilli A database of emissivity spectra for Mercury analog materials measured in the TIR spectral range under Mercury conditions
    10:20-10:30 Q&A
    10:30-11:00
    Coffee break
    11:00-11:10 Maximilian Reitze The effect of bulk sample porosity on MIR spectra
    11:10-11:20 Graeme Hall DigiGREF: A Digital Analogue of the Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer Ground-Reference Facility
    11:20-11:30 Q&A
    11:30-12:00
    Discussion
     
     
    Lunch break
     
     
     
      IV. Mercury's iron paradox (Giulia Alemanno & Nicola Tosi)
    13:00-13:30
    Olivier Namur
    Iron distribution on Mercury: unknowns and paradox
    13:30-13:40 Martin Hilchenbach Measurements of X-ray fluorescence of iron minerals
    13:40-13:50 Q&A
    13:50-14:00 Cristian Carli How poor of transitional elements are Mercury surface rocks?
    14:00-14:10 Amber den Hartog High-pressure melting experiments of Fe-Si metal alloys, as proxy for Mercury’s core
    14:10-14:20 Clarisse Peignaux Spectral properties of synthetic plagioclases as planetary analog materials
    14:20-14:30 Q&A
    14:30-15:00
    Discussion
    15:00-15:30
    Coffee break
      V. Surface-environment interactions (Cateline Lantz & Cristian Carli)
    15:30-16:00
    Noah Jäggi
    X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: a Critical Tool for Understanding the Compositional and Chemical Effects of Space Weathering
    16:00-16:10 Haruhisa Tabata Oxygen ion irradiation experiments on planetary analogue materials: A Mercury perspective
    16:10-16:20 De Angelis E, Richards G. Laboratory simulation of ion impact and back-scattering signal investigation on Mercury surface
    16:20-16:30 Q&A
    16:30-16:40 Riccardo Giovanni Urso The effects of ion bombardment on the surface of Mercury
    16:40-16:50 Simon Lindsay The Electron Impact Facility at the University of Leicester: Opportunities for Mercury Science
    16:50-17:00 Q&A
    17:00-17:30
    Discussion
      End of day 2

     

      Day 3
    09:00-9:10 Welcome
    09:10-9:20 Note-takers I Summary of session I
    09:20-9:30 Note-takers II Summary of session II
    09:30-9:40 Note-takers III Summary of session III
    09:40-9:50 Note-takers IV Summary of session IV
    9:50-10:00 Note-takers V Summary of session V
    10:00-10:10
    10:10-10:20
    10:20-10:30
    10:30-11:00
    Coffee break
    11:00-11:10
    Discussion: Lab plan + Paper(s)
    11:10-11:20
    11:20-11:30
    11:30-11:40
    11:40-11:50
    11:50-12:00 Closing remarks - End of the workshop

     

    Posters  
    Lauren Jennings Synthesis of natural basaltic glass discs to be used as terrestrial planet analogues.
    Rody Erftemeijer Experimental investigation of silicate sulfidation kinetics
    Matthias Nieuwenhuis Experimental REE-partitioning between (Ca,Mg)S and silicates
    Jean Barron Radiative transfer and travel time to characterize the surface
    Azar Arghavanian Hermean surface analysis using MLA and spectral characteristics focusing on mineral mapping