(1) NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA;(2) Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA;(3) NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA
Abstract:
We have studied to influence of grain porosity on the dust destruction mechanism in interstellar shocks. Our results show, that fluffy aggregates of dust grains can be broken up easily in shocks.