Physical calibration of the LEND space-based neutron telescope: the sensitivity and the angular resolution

I. G. Mitrofanov; F. S. Fedosov; A. B. Sanin; B. N. Bakhtin; W. Boynton; A. A. Vostrukhin; D. V. Golovin; A. S. Kosyrev; M. L. Litvak; A. V. Malakhov; T. McClanahan; M. I. Mokrousov; I. O. Nuzhdin; R. Starr; V. I. Tretyakov; V. N. Shvetsov; V. V. Shevchenko; K. Harshman

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Physical calibration of the LEND space-based neutron telescope: the sensitivity and the angular resolution

I. G. Mitrofanov, F. S. Fedosov, A. B. Sanin, B. N. Bakhtin, W. Boynton, A. A. Vostrukhin, D. V. Golovin, A. S. Kosyrev, M. L. Litvak, A. V. Malakhov, T. McClanahan, M. I. Mokrousov, I. O. Nuzhdin, R. Starr, V. I. Tretyakov, V. N. Shvetsov, V. V. Shevchenko, K. Harshman

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	578-591
Number of pages	14
Journal	Instruments and Experimental Techniques
Volume	59
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441216040096
State	Published - Jul 1 2016

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Mitrofanov, I. G., Fedosov, F. S., Sanin, A. B., Bakhtin, B. N., Boynton, W., Vostrukhin, A. A., Golovin, D. V., Kosyrev, A. S., Litvak, M. L., Malakhov, A. V., McClanahan, T., Mokrousov, M. I., Nuzhdin, I. O., Starr, R., Tretyakov, V. I., Shvetsov, V. N., Shevchenko, V. V., & Harshman, K. (2016). Physical calibration of the LEND space-based neutron telescope: the sensitivity and the angular resolution. Instruments and Experimental Techniques, 59(4), 578-591. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441216040096

Mitrofanov, IG, Fedosov, FS, Sanin, AB, Bakhtin, BN, Boynton, W, Vostrukhin, AA, Golovin, DV, Kosyrev, AS, Litvak, ML, Malakhov, AV, McClanahan, T, Mokrousov, MI, Nuzhdin, IO, Starr, R, Tretyakov, VI, Shvetsov, VN, Shevchenko, VV & Harshman, K 2016, 'Physical calibration of the LEND space-based neutron telescope: the sensitivity and the angular resolution', Instruments and Experimental Techniques, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 578-591. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441216040096

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