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Overview

Pierre Beck is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France. Their research primarily focuses on Physics and Astronomy, with extensive contributions to subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Ecology, Aerospace Engineering, and Atmospheric Science. The work spans several topics, prominently including Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Space Exploration and Technology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

Beck has a substantial publication record in multiple scientific journals. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • Icarus
  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

Their recent notable papers are:

  • The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the NASA Mars 2020 Rover: Body Unit and Combined System Tests (2020, Space Science Reviews)
  • Formation and evolution of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu: Direct evidence from returned samples (2022, Science)
  • The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the Mars 2020 Rover: Science Objectives and Mast-Unit Description (2021, Space Science Reviews)
  • Aqueously altered igneous rocks sampled on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars (2022, Science)
  • Compositionally and density stratified igneous terrain in Jezero crater, Mars (2022, Science Advances)

Collaborations with other researchers are a notable aspect of Beck's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • R. C. Wiens
  • Lucia Mandon
  • É. Quirico
  • O. Forni
  • S. Maurice

Best Publications

  • The organic-rich surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as seen by VIRTIS/Rosetta

    F. Capaccioni;A. Coradini;G. Filacchione;S. Erard

  • The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the NASA Mars 2020 Rover: Body Unit and Combined System Tests

    Roger C. Wiens;Sylvestre Maurice;Scott H. Robinson;Anthony E. Nelson

  • In situ evidence for continental crust on early Mars

    V. Sautter;M. J. Toplis;R. C. Wiens;A. Cousin

  • The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the Mars 2020 Rover: Science Objectives and Mast-Unit Description

    Sylvestre Maurice;R. Wiens;P. Bernardi;P. Caïs

  • ChemCam activities and discoveries during the nominal mission of the Mars Science Laboratory in Gale crater, Mars

    S. Maurice;S. M. Clegg;R. C. Wiens;O. Gasnault

  • The diurnal cycle of water ice on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

    M. C. De Sanctis;F. Capaccioni;M. Ciarniello;G. Filacchione

  • Hydrous mineralogy of CM and CI chondrites from infrared spectroscopy and their relationship with low albedo asteroids

    P. Beck;E. Quirico;G. Montes-Hernandez;L. Bonal

  • Refractory and semi-volatile organics at the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Insights from the VIRTIS/Rosetta imaging spectrometer

    E. Quirico;L.V. Moroz;B. Schmitt;G. Arnold

  • Timescales of shock processes in chondritic and martian meteorites.

    Pierre Beck;Philippe Gillet;A. El Goresy;S. Mostefaoui

  • Dielectric map of the Martian northern hemisphere and the nature of plain filling materials

    Jérémie Mouginot;Jérémie Mouginot;Antoine Pommerol;Antoine Pommerol;Pierre Beck;Wlodek Kofman

  • The abundance and stability of “water” in type 1 and 2 carbonaceous chondrites (CI, CM and CR)

    A. Garenne;P. Beck;G. Montes-Hernandez;R. Chiriac

  • Transmission infrared spectra (2–25 μm) of carbonaceous chondrites (CI, CM, CV–CK, CR, C2 ungrouped): Mineralogy, water, and asteroidal processes

    P. Beck;A. Garenne;E. Quirico;L. Bonal

  • Exposed water ice on the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

    G. Filacchione;M. C. De Sanctis;F. Capaccioni;A. Raponi

  • Clay clast aggregates in gouges: New textural evidence for seismic faulting

    Sébastien Boutareaud;Anne-Marie Boullier;Anne-Marie Boullier;Muriel Andréani;Dan-Gabriel Calugaru

  • A dehydrated space-weathered skin cloaking the hydrated interior of Ryugu

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  • Prevalence and nature of heating processes in CM and C2-ungrouped chondrites as revealed by insoluble organic matter

    E. Quirico;L. Bonal;P. Beck;C.M.O'd. Alexander

  • Radiative conductivity in the Earth’s lower mantle

    Alexander F. Goncharov;Benjamin D. Haugen;Benjamin D. Haugen;Viktor V. Struzhkin;Pierre Beck

  • Timescales of spherulite crystallization in obsidian inferred from water concentration profiles

    Jonathan M. Castro;Pierre Beck;Hugh Tuffen;Alexander R. L. Nichols

  • Interplanetary Dust Particles as Samples of Icy Asteroids

    P. Vernazza;M. Marsset;M. Marsset;P. Beck;R. P. Binzel

  • The 3-5 MHz global reflectivity map of Mars by MARSIS/Mars Express: implications for the current inventory of subsurface H2O

    J. Mouginot;J. Mouginot;Antoine Pommerol;Antoine Pommerol;W. Kofman;P. Beck

  • Ammonium salts are a reservoir of nitrogen on a cometary nucleus and possibly on some asteroids

    Olivier Poch;Istiqomah Istiqomah;Eric Quirico;Pierre Beck;Pierre Beck

  • Hydrous Mineralogy of CM and CI Chondrites from Infrared Spectroscopy and Their Relationship with Low Albedo Asteroids

    P. Beck;E. Quirico;G. Montes-Hernandez;L. Bonal

Frequent Co-Authors

Federico Tosi
Federico Tosi National Institute for Astrophysics
Olivier Gasnault
Olivier Gasnault Paul Sabatier University
Wlodek Kofman
Wlodek Kofman Grenoble Alpes University
M. C. De Sanctis
M. C. De Sanctis National Institute for Astrophysics
Giuseppe Piccioni
Giuseppe Piccioni National Institute for Astrophysics
Stéphane Erard
Stéphane Erard Université Paris Cité
Roger C. Wiens
Roger C. Wiens Los Alamos National Laboratory
Sylvestre Maurice
Sylvestre Maurice Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology
Violaine Sautter
Violaine Sautter Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Philippe Gillet
Philippe Gillet École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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