NASA NTRS · 20140012857
An Advanced Neutron Spectrometer for Future Manned Exploration Missions
Abstract
An Advanced Neutron Spectrometer (ANS) is being developed to support future manned exploration missions. This new instrument uses a refined gate and capture technique that significantly improves the identification of neutrons in mixed radiation fields found in spacecraft, habitats and on planetary surfaces. The new instrument is a composite scintillator comprised of PVT loaded with litium-6 glass scintillators. We will describe the detection concept and show preliminary results from laboratory tests and exposures at particle accelerators
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Christl, Mark, Apple, Jeffrey A., Cox, Mark D., Dietz, Kurtis L., Dobson, Christopher C., Gibson, Brian F., Howard, David E., Jackson, Amanda C., Kayatin, Mathew J., Kuznetsov, Evgeny N., Norwood, Joseph K., Merril, Garrick W., Watts, John W., Sabra, Mohammad S., Smith, Dennis A., Rodriquez-Otero, Miguel A.. 2014-08-02. An Advanced Neutron Spectrometer for Future Manned Exploration Missions. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20140012857
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