Gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer for the Dawn mission to 1 Ceres and 4 Vesta

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4 II, 2003, Pages 1190-1197

  Prettyman, Thomas H ^a   Feldman, William C ^a   Ameduri, Frank P ^a   Barraclough, Bruce L ^a   Cascio, Ethan W ^b   Fuller, Kenneth R ^a   Funsten, Herbert O ^a   Lawrence, David J ^a   McKinney, Gregg W ^a   Russell, Christopher T ^c   Soldner, Stephen A ^d   Storms, Steven A ^a   Szeles, Csaba ^d   Tokar, Robert L ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d eV Products   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma ray spectroscopy; Neutron spectroscopy; Planets; Semiconductor device radiation effects

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; METEORITES; NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS; PLANETS; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

MAIN-BELT ASTEROIDS;

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0041424870     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.815156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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