the TASTE mission: In situ DEIMOS terrain analyzer with smalls and miniturized lander

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Lavagna ◽  
John Brucato ◽  
Jacopo Prinetto ◽  
Andrea Capannolo ◽  
Michele Bechini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Surface Composition ◽  
Landing Site ◽  
Organic Content ◽  
Elemental Abundance ◽  
Origin And Evolution ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectrometer ◽  
Close Orbit ◽  
Science Operations

<p>Deimos and Phobos are considered primary targets of investigation to understand the origin and evolution of Mars and more in general the terrestrial planets of the Solar System. </p> <p>TASTE mission aims complementing MMX investigation by focusing on Deimos surface, combining both <strong>global remote sensing</strong> observations from a close orbit and<strong> direct in-situ analyses</strong> of the surface thanks to a lander release on Deimos. With a synergy between orbital and in-situ investigations, the proposed mission will contribute to the Deimos global morphology understanding; its global elemental abundance; landing site morphology and texture; landing site organic content and surface composition. TASTE is conceived as a Cubesat-in-Cubesat mission: a 12U space asset composed by a <strong>9U orbiter </strong>and a<strong> 3U lander</strong>. The former embarks an <strong>X-gamma ray spectrometer</strong> developed by OAT and a multispectral camera, the second is equipped with a  <strong>miniaturized Surface Sample Analyser</strong> (SSA), composed by a new Sample Acquisition Mechanism (SAM), conceived by PoliMi and a Surface Analytical Laboratory (SAL)  developed by INAF OAA. <br />The mission is conceived to keep the orbiter on a QSO nearby Deimos to facilitate the lander release and the scientific operations in synergy with the lander itself. Details on science, space assets sizing and design and mission science operations will be discussed in deep. </p>

Gamma-ray spectrometer calibration for field analysis of thorium, uranium and potassium

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1093-1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Killeen ◽  
C. M. Carmichael
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Laboratory Analysis ◽  
In Situ Analysis ◽  
Field Analysis ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectrometer ◽  
Nonlinear Relation ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Spectrometer Calibration

The calibration of a portable three-channel gamma-ray spectrometer for in situ analysis of thorium, uranium, and potassium is discussed. A method of regression analysis is suggested as the best means of including all of the data available from the calibration stations. Calibration indicates a nonlinear relation between count rates obtained in the field and concentrations in parts per million obtained from laboratory analysis. The range of radioelement content must be taken into consideration and appropriate sets of calibration constants applied. As an example of the method, calibration constants are calculated for a portable gamma-ray spectrometer using data for the Blind River uranium region of Ontario.

Gamma-Ray Spectrum Analysis of Chang’E-1 for Lunar Detection

2010 ◽  
Vol 133 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu HongKun ◽  
Fang Fang ◽  
Ni Shijun ◽  
He Jianfeng ◽  
You Lei
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Characteristic ◽  
Spectrum Analysis ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Elemental Abundance ◽  
Nuclear Engineering ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectrometer ◽  
Lunar Prospector ◽  
Spectrometer Data ◽  
Wavelet Methods

Gamma-ray spectrum analysis was essential for radioactive environmental monitoring, and it had been widely used in many areas of nuclear engineering. However, for the low-energy region of gamma-ray spectrum, weak peaks were contained in the fast-decreasing background, so it was difficult to extract characteristic information from original spectra. In order to get a better analytic result based on wavelet methods in frequency domain, we had processed the gamma-ray spectrometer data of Chang’E-1 and well extracted some useful information of spectral characteristic peaks. Then, we preliminarily mapped the distribution of net peak counts for potassium on lunar surface, which indirectly reflected the distribution of elemental abundance. At last, we compared our analytic result with that of Apollo and Lunar Prospector and found some consistencies and differences.

Comet nucleus gamma-ray spectrometer penetrator - An in situ nucleuscomposition experiment

1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. SWENSON ◽  
A. MASCY ◽  
L. EDSINGER ◽  
S. SQUYRES ◽  
C.P. MCKAY
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Comet Nucleus ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectrometer

Gamma Spectrum Analysis of Chang’E-1 for Lunar Detection

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
HongKun Xu ◽  
Fang Fang ◽  
Shijun Ni ◽  
Jianfeng He ◽  
Lei You
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Characteristic ◽  
Spectrum Analysis ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Elemental Abundance ◽  
Lunar Science ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectrometer ◽  
Gamma Spectrum Analysis ◽  
Lunar Prospector ◽  
Abundance And Distribution

Gamma-ray spectrum analysis was essential for detecting the elemental abundance and distribution in lunar science. However, for the low-energy region of gamma-ray spectrum, weak peaks were implicated in the fast-decreasing background, and it was difficult to extract characteristic information from original spectra. In order to get a better analytic result, based on wavelet and FFT filtering methods in frequency domain, we had processed the gamma-ray spectrometer (GRS) data of Chang’E-1 (CE-1), and well extracted some useful information of spectral characteristic peaks. Then we preliminarily mapped the distribution of net peak counts for potassium on lunar surface, which indirectly reflected the distribution of elemental abundance. At last, we compared our analytic result with that of Apollo and Lunar Prospector (LP), and found some consistencies and differences.

THE NATURAL GAMMA‐RAY FLUX: IN‐SITU ANALYSIS

Geophysics ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Doig
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Background Radiation ◽  
In Situ Analysis ◽  
Rock Outcrops ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectrometer ◽  
Natural Gamma ◽  
Major Project ◽  
Quantitative Evaluations

A fully portable transistorized gamma‐ray spectrometer has been constructed, and used to investigate the nature of the gamma ray activity at the surface of rock outcrops. Gamma‐ray photopeaks of [Formula: see text] and members of the U and Th series have been identified, along with strong fallout activity dominated by the 0.75 Mev activity of [Formula: see text]. A method has been devised for measuring, in situ, the K, U, and Th contents of rocks. Calibration accounts for the interference between the radioelements, and for background radiation. The following estimates of accuracy and sensitivity are for five‐minute counting intervals: 5 percent plus 0.1 percent K, 10 percent plus 0.2 ppm U, 10 percent plus 0.5 ppm Th. The main advantages of the method are its speed and versatility and the very large sample analyzed. A number of surveys have been performed to demonstrate some of the applications of the instrument. The major project of this series is detailed mapping of the K, U, and Th distribution in the Preissac granite of northwestern Quebec. In addition to its use as a petrologic tool, the technique is eminently suited to prospecting for U and Th, and the quantitative evaluations of occurrence of these elements.

Derivation of elemental abundance maps at intermediate resolution from optical interpolation of lunar prospector gamma-ray spectrometer data

2005 ◽  
Vol 53 (12) ◽  
pp. 1287-1301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuriy G. Shkuratov ◽  
Vadim G. Kaydash ◽  
Dmitriy G. Stankevich ◽  
Larissa V. Starukhina ◽  
Patrick C. Pinet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Elemental Abundance ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectrometer ◽  
Lunar Prospector ◽  
Spectrometer Data

scholarly journals Origin of S-, A- and I-Type Granites: Petrogenetic Evidence from Whole Rock Th/U Ratio Variations

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 672
Author(s):  
Anette Regelous ◽  
Lars Scharfenberg ◽  
Helga De Wall
Keyword(s):  
Bohemian Massif ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Classification Scheme ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Tectonic Setting ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Classification Schemes ◽  
Origin And Evolution ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectrometer ◽  
Tectonic Settings

The origin and evolution of granites remain a matter of debate and several approaches have been made to distinguish between different granite types. Overall, granite classification schemes based on element concentrations and ratios, tectonic settings or the source rocks (I-, A-, S-type) are widely used, but so far, no systematic large-scale study on Th/U ratio variations in granites based on their source or tectonic setting has been carried out, even though these elements show very similar behavior during melting and subsequent processes. We therefore present a compiled study, demonstrating an easy approach to differentiate between S-, A- and I-type granites using Th and U concentrations and ratios measured with a portable gamma ray spectrometer. Th and U concentrations from 472 measurements in S- and I-type granites from the Variscan West-Bohemian Massif, Germany, and 78 measurements from Neoproterozoic A-type Malani granites, India, are evaluated. Our compendium shows significant differences in the average Th/U ratios of A-, I- and S-type granites and thus gives information about the source rock and can be used as an easy classification scheme. Considering all data from the studied A-, I- and S-type granites, Th/U ratios increase with rising Th concentrations. A-type granites have the highest Th/U ratios and high Th concentrations, followed by I-type granites. Th/U ratios in S- to I-type granites are lower than in A-type and I-type granites, but higher than in S-type granites. The variation of Th/U ratios in all three types of granite cannot be explained by fractional crystallization of monazite, zircon and other Th and U bearing minerals alone, but are mainly due to source heterogeneities and uranium mobilization processes.

scholarly journals Method for identifying areas of virgin soils using a portable gamma-spectrometer-dosimeter

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-128
Author(s):  
V. P. Ramzaev ◽  
A. N. Barkovsky
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectrometry ◽  
Gamma Spectrometer ◽  
External Radiation ◽  
Quantitative Criterion ◽  
Undisturbed Soil ◽  
Basic Model ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectrometer ◽  
Starting Point

The dose rate of gamma radiation in air at a height of 1 m above the surface of virgin (undisturbed) soil is the starting point in the basic model that is used to estimate the dose of external radiation to the population living in areas contaminated due to the Chernobyl accident. Today, i.e. more than 30 years after the fallout, the finding of truly virgin lands is a rather difficult task, because many meadows were repeatedly plowed and/or rehabilitated after the accident. The purpose of this study was to develop a quantitative criterion for the detection of virgin soil areas using a portable gamma-ray spectrometer-dosimeter. To achieve this, we have conducted a statistical analysis of published and new data on the use of in situ gamma-ray spectrometry in radioactively contaminated territories of the Bryansk region of Russia and the Gomel region of Belarus in 2015–2018. The sample contains results of decoding 60 gamma spectra recorded at a height of 1 m above the ground in virgin meadows, cultivated lands and forests. Based on the performed analysis, a quantitative dosimetric criterion is proposed for in situ identification of virgin soils using a portable gamma-spectrometer-dosimeter. The article presents an algorithm for searching a virgin plot.

An in-situ gamma-ray spectrometer for the deep ocean

2018 ◽  
Vol 142 ◽  
pp. 120-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Tsabaris ◽  
E.G. Androulakaki ◽  
S. Alexakis ◽  
D.L. Patiris
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Deep Ocean ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectrometer
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