The Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN) Experiment for NASA's 2009 Mars Science Laboratory
M.L. Litvak, I.G. Mitrofanov, V.I. Tretyakov, V.S. Troshin, V.N. Uvarov, A. Varenikov, A. Vostrukhin, A. Konovalov, A.S. Kozyrev, A.V. Malakhov, M.I. Mokrousov, A.B. Sanin
Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia
Yu.N. Barmakov, A. Bitulev, E.P. Bogolubov, S.I. Bragin, S. Churin, A. Krylov, Yu.P. Kuznetsov, V.I. Ryzhkov, G.A. Smirnov, S. Sholeninov, D.V. Tuvakin
N.L. Dukhov All-Russian Institute of Automatics, Moscow, Russia.
A. Behar
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.
Yu. Bobrovnitsky, A.S. Grebennikov, T.M. Tomilina
A.A. Blagonravov Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Moscow, Russia.
W.V. Boynton
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
I.G. Kurdumov, V.N. Shvetsov, G.N. Timoshenko
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia.
Abstract - We present a summary of the physical principles and design of the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN) instrument onboard NASA's 2009 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission. The DAN instrument will use the method of neutron-neutron activation analysis in a space application to study the abundance and depth distribution of water in the martian subsurface along the path of the MSL rover. Astrobiology 8, 605–612.
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2007.0157 - http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/ast.2007.0157
