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Gamma-ray production cross section from energetic neutron inelastic scattering for methodical improvements in planetary gamma-ray spectroscopy

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Planetary gamma-ray spectroscopy can be used to chemically analyze the top soil from planets in future planetary missions. The production from inelastic neutron interaction plays an effective role in the determination on the C and H at the surface. The gamma-ray production cross section from the strongest lines excited in the neutron bombardment of Fe have been measured by the use of a time analyzed quasi-mono-energetic neutron beam and a high purity germanium detector. The results from En=6.5, 32, 43, and 65 MeV are presented.

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  1. Crocker Nuclear Laboratory, University of California, 95616, Davis, CA, (USA)

    C. M. Castaneda, R. Gearhart & B. Sanii

  2. San Jose State University, 95192, San Jose, CA, (USA)

    P. A. J. Englert

  3. Los Alamos National Laboratory, 87545, Los Alamos, NM, (USA)

    D. M. Drake & R. C. Reedy

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Castaneda, C.M., Gearhart, R., Sanii, B. et al. Gamma-ray production cross section from energetic neutron inelastic scattering for methodical improvements in planetary gamma-ray spectroscopy. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 160, 387–393 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02037113

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