Ground tests of the Dynamic Albedo of Neutron instrument operation in the passive mode with a Martian soil model

V. N. Shvetsov, P. V. Dubasov,D. V. Golovin,A. S. Kozyrev,A. R. Krylov,V. A. Krylov,M. L. Litvak,A. Malakhov,I. G. Mitrofanov,M. I. Mokrousov,A. B. Sanin, G. N. Timoshenko,A. A. Vostrukhin, A. O. Zontikov

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment（2017）

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The results of the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN) instrument ground tests in the passive mode of operation are presented in comparison with the numerical calculations. These test series were conducted to support the current surface measurements of DAN onboard the MSL Curiosity rover. The instrument sensitivity to detect thin subsurface layers of water ice buried at different depths in the analog of Martian soil has been evaluated during these tests. The experiments have been done with a radioisotope Pu-Be neutron source (analog of the MMRTG neutron source onboard the Curiosity rover) and the Martian soil model assembled from silicon-rich window glass pane. Water ice layers were simulated with polyethylene sheets. All experiments have been performed at the test facility built at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna, Russia).

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Surface neutron logging,Water equivalent hydrogen content (WEH),Martian soil model,Radioisotope neutron source

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