Effects of geochemical composition on neutron die-away measurements: Implications for Mars Science Laboratory's Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons experiment

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

Volumn 659, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 442-455

  Hardgrove, C ^a   Moersch, J ^b   Drake, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b TECHSOURCE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN); Mars Science Laboratory (MSL); Monte Carlo N particle eXtended code (MCNPX); Neutron die away

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CROSS-SECTION; ALPHA PROTON X-RAY SPECTROMETERS; AQUEOUS PROCESS; BURIAL DEPTHS; COSMIC RAY BACKGROUND; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON; GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALY; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYDROGEN CONTENTS; LANDING SITE; LOW ENERGIES; MACROSCOPIC ABSORPTION; MARS EXPLORATION ROVER; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; MARTIAN SURFACE; MONTE CARLO N PARTICLES; NEAR-SURFACE; NEAR-SURFACE MATERIALS; PLANETARY-EXPLORATION MISSIONS; PULSED NEUTRON GENERATOR; ROVER MISSIONS; SCIENTIFIC PAYLOADS; THERMAL NEUTRONS; TWO-COMPONENT;

ABSORPTION; CHLORINE; DIES; EXPERIMENTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON SOURCES; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACES;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 80455164512     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2011.08.058     Document Type: Article

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