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Dr. Christopher Hamann

Dr. Christopher Hamann
  • Aufgabengebiete

    • Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter in der Abteilung Impakt- und Meteoritenforschung
    • Leiter des Labors für Elektronenstrahlmikrosondenanalytik
    • Leiter des Labors für Rasterelektronenmikroskopie (Geowissenschaften)
    • Geo.X-Koordinator am Museum für Naturkunde

    Forschungsschwerpunkte

    • Entstehung, Petrologie, und Geochemie von Impaktschmelzen
    • Chemische Interaktion zwischen Projektil und Target während des Impaktprozesses
    • Entwicklung und Anwendung laser-basierter Verfahren zur Impaktforschung

    Publikationen (Auswahl)

    Morlok, A., Hamann, C., Martin, D., Weber, I., Joy, K. H., Hiesinger, H., Wogelius, R., Stojic, A., Helbert, J. (2020) Mid-infrared spectroscopy of laser-produced basalt melts for remote sensing application. Icarus 355, 113410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113410

    McKibbin, S., Pittarello, L., Makarona, C., Hamann, C., Hecht, L., Chernonozhkin, S. M., Goderis, S., Claeys, P. (2019) Petrogenesis of main group pallasite meteorites based on relationships among texture, mineralogy, and geochemistry. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13392

    Hamann, C., Bläsing, S., Hecht, L., Schäffer, S., Deutsch, A., Osterholz, J., Lexow, B. (2018) The reaction of carbonates in contact with laser-generated, superheated silicate melts: Constraining impact metamorphism of carbonate-bearing target rocks. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 53, 1644–1686. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13133

    Hamann, C., Fazio, A., Ebert, M., Hecht, L., Wirth, R., Folco, L., Deutsch, A., Reimold, W. U. (2018) Silicate liquid immiscibility in impact melts. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 53, 1594–1632. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.12907

    Stöffler, D., Hamann, C., Metzler, K. (2017) Schock metamorphism of planetary silicate rocks and sediments: Proposal for an updated classification system. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 53, 5–49. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12912

    Ebert, M., Hecht, L., Hamann, C., Luther, R. (2017) Laser-induced melting experiments: Simulation of short-term high-temperature impact processes. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 52, 1475–1494. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.12809

    Van Roosbroek, N., Hamann, C., McKibbin, S., Greshake, A., Wirth, R., Pittarello, L., Hecht, L., Claeyes, P., Debaille, V. (2017) Immiscible silicate liquids and phosphoran olivine in Netschaëvo IIE silicate: Analogue for planetesimal core–mantle boundaries. Geochmimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 192, 295–317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.042

    Hamann, C., Luther, R., Ebert, M., Hecht, L., Deutsch, A., Wünnemann, K., Schäffer, S., Osterholz, J., Lexow, B. (2016) Correlating laser-generated melts with impact-generated melts: An integrated thermodynamic–petrologic approach. Geophysical Reserach Letters, 43, 10602–10610. Open Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071050

    Hamann, C., Stöffler, D., Reimold, W. U. (2016) Interaction of aluminum projectiles with quartz sand in impact experiments: Formation of khatyrkite (CuAl2) and reduction of SiO2 to Si. Geochmimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 192, 295–317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2016.07.018

    Hamann, C., Hecht, L., Ebert, M., Wirth, R. (2013) Chemical projectile–target interaction and liquid immiscibility in impact glass from the Wabar craters, Saudi Arabia. Geochmimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 121, 291–310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2013.07.030