Laboratory

The goal of SUBICE is to study the composition of comets. Two laborartory setups have been commissioned in order to perform conceptual studies. COCoNuT (Characteristic Observation of Cometary Nuclei using THz-spectroscopy) is designed to investigate THz time-domain spectroscopy of ice and dust analogues. The WEEVIL (WatEr Emission of Vapour from Ice in the Laboratory) setup performs studies around the 557 GHz water vapor absorption line in order to get insights of sublimation processes on comets.