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| Code Bibliographique ADS : 2001GeoRL..28.3797G |
| DOI : 10.1029/2001GL013072 |
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| Geophysical Research Letters 28, 19 (2001) 3797-3800 |
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| Composition from fast neutrons: Application to the Moon |
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| Olivier Gasnault 1William C. Feldman 1 |
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| (10/2001) |
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| Planetary neutron leakage fluxes provide a measure of surface composition. However to be used in geological studies, a quantitative relationship between measured fluxes and surface composition is needed. The present work shows that neutron production is expected to be a function of the atomic mass, and that the fast leakage flux in the energy range between 0.6 and 8 MeV is linearly related to the average soil atomic mass. This result is consistent with laboratory measurements, and with Lunar Prospector observations of the Moon. When calibrated with returned lunar samples, this relationship is used to construct a map of the average atomic mass of lunar soils. |
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| 1 : | Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) |
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| 2 : | Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT) |
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CNRS : UMR5572 – INSU – Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées – Université Paul Sabatier [UPS] - Toulouse III |
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| 3 : | Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements (CESR) |
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CNRS : UMR5187 – Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées – INSU – Université Paul Sabatier [UPS] - Toulouse III |
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| Domaine | : | Planète et Univers/Sciences de la Terre/Planétologie Planète et Univers/Astrophysique Physique/Physique des Hautes Energies - Expérience |
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| Geochemistry: Planetary geochemistry – Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Remote sensing – Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Surface materials and properties – Planetology: Solar System Objects: Moon |
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| Contributeur : Olivier Gasnault | |
| Soumis le : Jeudi 27 Novembre 2008, 17:15:14 | |
| Dernière modification le : Jeudi 27 Novembre 2008, 17:15:14 | |
