Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS)-Instrument design and technical details

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 735-743

  Howe, C J ^a   Drummond, D ^a   Edeson, R ^a   Maddison, B ^a   Parker, D J ^a   Parker, R ^a   Shrivastava, A ^b   Spencer, J ^a   Kellett, B J ^a   Grande, M ^d   Sreekumar, P ^b   Huovelin, J ^f   Smith, D R ^e   Gow, J ^e   Narendranath K C , S ^b   d'Uston, L ^c  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Detectors; Moon; SCD; Swept charge device; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENT DESIGNS; LUNAR ORBITS; SCD; SMART-1; SWEPT CHARGE DEVICE; TECHNICAL DETAILS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENCE; MOON; SPECTROMETRY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 67349149113     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.01.011     Document Type: Review

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