Tests of the space gamma spectrometer prototype at the JINR experimental facility with different types of neutron generators

Autor: A. N. Repkin, Andrey Vostrukhin, D. V. Golovin, V. A. Krylov, G. N. Timoshenko, P. V. Dubasov, V. N. Shvetsov, A. S. Kozyrev, I. G. Mitrofanov, Maxim Litvak, K. V. Udovichenko, A. O. Zontikov, A. R. Krylov, Maxim Mokrousov
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters. 14:591-601
ISSN: 1531-8567
1547-4771
DOI: 10.1134/s1547477117040136
Popis: The results of the tests of the HPGe gamma spectrometer performed with a planetary soil model and different types of pulse neutron generators are presented. All measurements have been performed at the experimental nuclear planetary science facility (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research) for the physical calibration of active gamma and neutron spectrometers. The aim of the study is to model a space experiment on determining the elemental composition of Martian planetary matter by neutron-induced gamma spectroscopy. The advantages and disadvantages of a gas-filled neutron generator in comparison with a vacuum-tube neutron generator are examined.
Databáze: OpenAIRE