US-Federal Republic of Germany Cooperative Research: New Models of the Inner Structure, Mantle Dynamics and Thermal Evolution of Mars

该奖项支持加州大学洛杉矶分校的Gerald Schubert博士与 天文学研究与天文学研究所的蒂尔曼·斯波恩博士 联邦共和国明斯特大学 德国。 他们正在努力开发新的模型的内部 构造、地幔动力学和地幔热化学演化 火星 Spohn博士开发了一个程序， 一致的行星模型，其中包括压力的依赖性 热膨胀系数。 舒伯特医生有一个三- 适用于火星和进入克雷的三维对流计划 电脑 美国和苏联最近的和计划中的任务已经将火星转移到 行星学的兴趣中心 目前的火星模型几乎 十岁，不再反映今天的知识， 类地行星热力学和高压物理 物质，火星地壳和核心的年龄，以及构造。 合作者的初步计算表明， 对以前的模型进行了修改。 他们正在开发的模型应该 与火星的形成及其 演化，未来磁场数据的解释 火星任务，以及宇宙起源和宇宙化学的考虑， 太阳系的结构和演化

This award supports Dr. Gerald Schubert of UCLA to collaborate in astronomy research with Dr. Tilman Spohn of the Institute of Planetology of the University of Muenster, Federal Republic of Germany. They are working to develop new models of the inner structure, mantle dynamics and the thermal and chemical evolution of Mars. Dr. Spohn has developed a program for the computation of self- consistent planetary models, which include the pressure dependence of the thermal expansion coefficient. Dr. Schubert has a three- dimensional convection program applicable to Mars and access to Cray computers. Recent and planned missions of the USA and USSR have moved Mars to the center of interest in planetology. Current models of Mars are almost ten years old and no longer reflect today's knowledge of the thermodynamics and high pressure physics of terrestrial planetary material, the age of the Martian crust and core, and tectonics. Preliminary calculations by the collaborators suggest significant revisions to previous models. The models they are developing should be of relevance to questions concerning the formation of Mars and its evolution, the interpretation of magnetic field data from future missions to Mars, and cosmogonic and cosmochemical considerations of the structure and evolution of the solar system.