1. The Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN) experiment for NASA's 2009 Mars Science Laboratory.
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Litvak ML, Mitrofanov IG, Barmakov YN, Behar A, Bitulev A, Bobrovnitsky Y, Bogolubov EP, Boynton WV, Bragin SI, Churin S, Grebennikov AS, Konovalov A, Kozyrev AS, Kurdumov IG, Krylov A, Kuznetsov YP, Malakhov AV, Mokrousov MI, Ryzhkov VI, Sanin AB, Shvetsov VN, Smirnov GA, Sholeninov S, Timoshenko GN, Tomilina TM, Tuvakin DV, Tretyakov VI, Troshin VS, Uvarov VN, Varenikov A, and Vostrukhin A
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- Hydrogen analysis, Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted, Soil analysis, United States, Laboratories, Mars, Neutrons, Space Flight instrumentation, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Abstract
We present a summary of the physical principles and design of the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN) instrument onboard NASA's 2009 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission. The DAN instrument will use the method of neutron-neutron activation analysis in a space application to study the abundance and depth distribution of water in the martian subsurface along the path of the MSL rover.
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- 2008
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