A study of Venus surface elemental composition from 14 MeV neutron induced gamma ray spectroscopy: Activation analysis

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 629, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 140-144

  Jun, I ^a   Kim, W ^a   Smith, M ^a,c   Mitrofanov, I ^b   Litvak, M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma ray spectrometer (GRS); Induced radioactivity; MCNP; Pulsed neutron generator (PNG)

Indexed keywords

14 MEV NEUTRONS; ACTIVATION REACTION; DETECTION SYSTEM; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENERGY SPECTRA; GAMMA RAY SPECTRA; INDUCED RADIOACTIVITY; MCNP; MONTE CARLO; NEUTRON ACTIVATION; NEUTRON ENERGY; NEUTRON INTERACTIONS; NEUTRON PULSE; OPERATIONAL SCENARIO; PULSED NEUTRON GENERATOR; SOIL COMPOSITION; SURFACE ELEMENTS; SURFACE MATERIALS; TRANSPORT CODES;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; MANGANESE; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRON SOURCES; NEUTRONS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; STARS; SURFACES;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79251616054     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.10.112     Document Type: Article

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