Background lines in the Mars Odyssey 2001 gamma-ray detector

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4784, Issue , 2003, Pages 31-44

  Evans, Larry G ^a   Boynton, William V ^b   Reedy, Robert C ^c   Starr, Richard D ^d   Trombka, Jacob I ^e  

^a Science Programs ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Background gamma rays; Germanium gamma ray spectrometer; Mars; Mars Odyssey; Radiation damage

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; ORBITS; RADIATION DAMAGE; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAYS;

BACKGROUND SPECTRA; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; GAMMA RAY DETECTOR; MARS; MARS ODYSSEY; MARS ODYSSEY SPACECRAFT; SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 34249889652     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.455976     Document Type: Conference Paper

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