Pulsed neutron generator system for astrobiological and geochemical exploration of planetary bodies

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 241, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 232-237

  Akkurt, Hatice ^a   Groves, Joel L ^a   Trombka, Jacob ^b   Starr, Richard ^c   Evans, Larry ^d   Floyd, Samuel ^b   Hoover, Richard ^b   Lim, Lucy ^b   McClanahan, Timothy ^b   James, Ralph ^e   McCoy, Timothy ^f   Schweitzer, Jeffrey ^g  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^d Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutron generator; Planetary surveys; Subsurface elemental composition

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DEPOSITION; GAMMA RAYS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LUNAR MISSIONS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SURVEYS; WATER;

ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; NEUTRON GENERATORS; PLANETARY SURVEYS; SUBSURFACE ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION;

NEUTRON SOURCES;

EID: 28044470277     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2005.07.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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