Abstract
Searching for water in the soil of Gale Crater is one of the primary tasks for the NASA Mars Science Laboratory rover named Curiosity. The primary task of the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN) experiment on board the rover is to investigate and qualitatively characterize the presence of water along the rover's traverse across Gale Crater. The water depth distribution may be found from measurements of neutrons generated by the Pulsing Neutron Generator (PNG) included in the DAN instrument, scattered by the regolith and returned back to the detectors. This paper provides a description of the data processing of such measurements and data products of DAN investigation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 114-127 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
Volume | 789 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 21 2015 |
Keywords
- Active neutron experiment
- DAN
- MSL
- Mars
- Water
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Instrumentation