Miniaturized laser-induced plasma spectrometry for planetary in situ analysis - The case for Jupiter's moon Europa

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 764-778

  Pavlov, S G ^a   Jessberger, E K ^b   Hubers H W ^a,c   Schroder S ^a   Rauschenbach, I ^b   Florek, S ^d   Neumann, J ^e   Henkel, H ^f   Klinkner, S ^f  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR ANALYTISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN ISAS E V   (Germany)

^e LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^f Von Hoerner and Sulger GmbH Schwetzingen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europa; Jupiter; Laser induced plasma spectroscopy; Planetary landers; Space missions

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; DEPTH PROFILING; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MOON; PLANETARY LANDERS; SPECTROMETRY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUROPA; JUPITERS; LASER GENERATED PLASMAS; LASER-INDUCED PLASMA SPECTROMETRIES; LASER-INDUCED PLASMA SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTITATIVE ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; SPACE MISSIONS;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 79960219687     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.06.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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