A sensitive continuum analysis method for gamma ray spectra

Thakur, A. N.; Arnold, J. R.

doi:10.1016/0168-9002(93)90401-3

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“…As in almost all applications of gamma ray spectroscopy, only 7 rays that arrive at the detector without changing energy are used for mapping elements, so we concentrated our attention on them. The 7 ray continuum contains some elemental information [Thakur and Arnold, 1993] but was not modeled in detail here.…”

Section: History Tape (Pht) Code In Lcs [Prael and Lichtmentioning

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Gamma ray production and transport in Mars

Masarik¹,

Reedy²

1996

J. Geophys. Res.

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The elemental composition of the Martian surface can be determined by gamma ray spectroscopy from landers or orbiting spacecraft. We used the well‐tested Los Alamos High Energy Transport (LAHET) Code System (LCS) to numerically simulate the galactic‐cosmic‐ray‐induced processes producing secondary particles and γ rays in Mars. For γ ray lines, LCS was used only for the calculation of the particle fluxes in the Martian soil and atmosphere; these fluxes were then integrated with cross sections to calculate the production rates of γ rays as a function of depth. The fluxes of γ ray lines were then calculated both at the Martian surface and at an altitude of 378 km. The water content of the Martian soil and the atmospheric thickness were varied to establish the dependence of the particle distributions and γ ray fluxes on these parameters. Most attention is devoted to γ rays from neutron‐induced reactions in the Martian soil, but contributions from the atmosphere, natural radioactivity, and from proton interactions are also mentioned. Our results are compared with those from previous studies.

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Section: History Tape (Pht) Code In Lcs [Prael and Lichtmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gamma ray production and transport in Mars

Masarik¹,

Reedy²

1996

J. Geophys. Res.

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“…WT methods for smoothing the spectrum by removing the high frequency components in the transform and thereby aiding in finding peaks were discussed by Thakur [42]. The gamma spectrum can be described in the usual energy representation ("Energy domain") by directly samples values of the quantity h (counts) as a function of energy E, e.g.…”

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