Physical calibration of the LEND space-based neutron telescope: the sensitivity and the angular resolution
| Autor: | Igor Nuzhdin, I. G. Mitrofanov, K. Harshman, V. V. Shevchenko, A. B. Sanin, A. S. Kosyrev, T. P. McClanahan, B. N. Bakhtin, Maxim Litvak, V. N. Shvetsov, William V. Boynton, Vladislav Tretyakov, Andrey Vostrukhin, F. Fedosov, Maxim Mokrousov, Dmitry Golovin, A. V. Malakhov, R. D. Starr |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Physics
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Astronomy Flux 01 natural sciences Regolith Physics::Geophysics law.invention Telescope Impact crater law Physics::Space Physics 0103 physical sciences Neutron detection Satellite Neutron Angular resolution Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 010303 astronomy & astrophysics Instrumentation 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Remote sensing |
| Zdroj: | Instruments and Experimental Techniques. 59:578-591 |
| ISSN: | 1608-3180 0020-4412 |
| Popis: | Results of physical calibrations of the LEND neutron telescope operating on board the NASA’s LRO lunar satellite since June 2009 are described. The main goal of the LEND telescope is to measure the epithermal neutron flux in polar areas of the lunar surface with a high (~10 km) resolution with the aim of determining the hydrogen distribution in the lunar regolith and detect the presence of water ice beds at the bottom of permanently shadowed lunar polar craters. The neutron detection efficiency and the effective area of the LEND detectors is experimentally estimated. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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