A compact tandem two-step laser time-of-flight mass spectrometer for in situ analysis of non-volatile organics on planetary surfaces

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Getty, Stephanie A ^a   Brinckerhoff, William B ^a   Li, Xiang ^b   Elsila, Jamie ^a   Cornish, Timothy ^c   Ecelberger, Scott ^c   Wu, Qinghao ^d   Zare, Richard ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c C and E Research Inc   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

in situ; L2MS; Laser desorption; mass spectrometry; time of flight

Indexed keywords

MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

L2MS; LASER DESORPTION; LASER DESORPTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANETARY SURFACES; SELECTIVE DETECTION; TIME OF FLIGHT; TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS;

ORGANIC LASERS;

EID: 84903973778     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2014.6836334     Document Type: Conference Paper

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