Gamma-Ray, Neutron, and Alpha-Particle Spectrometers for the Lunar Prospector mission

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Feldman, W C ^a   Ahola, K ^b   Barraclough, B L ^a   Belian, R D ^a   Black, R K ^c   Elphic, R C ^a   Everett, D T ^a   Fuller, K R ^a   Kroesche, J ^c   Lawrence, D J ^a   Lawson, S L ^a   Longmire, J L ^a   Maurice, S ^d   Miller, M C ^a   Prettyman, T H ^a   Storms, S A ^a   Thornton, G W ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION EURATOM TEKES   (Finland)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Alpha Particle Spectrometer; Gamma Ray Spectrometer; Neutron Spectrometer

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY RADIATION; MOON; NEUTRON SCATTERING; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 4644353285     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JE002207     Document Type: Article

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