Analysis of the scientific capabilities of the ExoMars Raman laser spectrometer instrument

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 721-733

  Lopez Reyes, Guillermo ^a   Rull, Fernando ^a   Venegas, Gloria ^a   Westall, Frances ^b   Foucher, Frédéric ^b   Bost, Nicolas ^b,c,d,e   Sanz, Aurelio ^a   Catalá Espí, Alejandro ^a   Vegas, Alberto ^f   Hermosilla, Isaac ^a   Sansano, Antonio ^a   Medina, Jesus ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^d STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^e UMR 7327   (France)

^f IXION Industry and Aerospace   (Spain)

Author keywords

Detection thresholds; ExoMars; Geological context loss; Powdered samples; Quantification; Raman spectroscopy; RLS

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; GEOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SIMULATORS; TEXTURES; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; DETECTION THRESHOLD; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; EXOMARS; LINEAR CALIBRATION CURVE; POWDERED SAMPLES; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTIFICATION;

SPECTROMETERS;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTION METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84892491047     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2013/0025-2317     Document Type: Article

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