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Title: Lunar surface outgassing and alpha particle measurements

Abstract

The Lunar Prospector Alpha Particle Spectrometer (LP APS) searched for lunar surface gas release events and mapped their distribution by detecting alpha particle?; produced by the decay of gaseous radon-222 (5.5 MeV, 3.8 day half-life), solid polonium-2 18 (6.0 MeV, 3 minute half-life), and solid polonium-210 (5.3 MeV, 138 day half-life, but held up in production by the 21 year half-life of lead-210). These three nuclides are radioactive daughters from the decay of uranium-238.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5]; ;
  1. Stefanie L.
  2. William C.
  3. Kurt R.
  4. Richard C.
  5. Sylvestre
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
976310
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-02-5390
TRN: US201018%%1132
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Submitted to: The moon beyond 2002: next steps in lunar science and exploration. Taos, NM September 12-14, 2002. Conference sponsored by LANL.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; ALPHA PARTICLES; DECAY; DEGASSING; DISTRIBUTION; EXPLORATION; HALF-LIFE; ISOTOPES; LEAD 210; MOON; POLONIUM 210; PRODUCTION; RADON 222; SPECTROMETERS; URANIUM 238

Citation Formats

Lawson, S L, Feldman, W C, Lawrence, David J., Moore, K R, Elphic, R C, Maurice, S, Belian, Richard D, and Binder, Alan B. Lunar surface outgassing and alpha particle measurements. United States: N. p., 2002. Web.
Lawson, S L, Feldman, W C, Lawrence, David J., Moore, K R, Elphic, R C, Maurice, S, Belian, Richard D, & Binder, Alan B. Lunar surface outgassing and alpha particle measurements. United States.
Lawson, S L, Feldman, W C, Lawrence, David J., Moore, K R, Elphic, R C, Maurice, S, Belian, Richard D, and Binder, Alan B. 2002. "Lunar surface outgassing and alpha particle measurements". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/976310.
@article{osti_976310,
title = {Lunar surface outgassing and alpha particle measurements},
author = {Lawson, S L and Feldman, W C and Lawrence, David J. and Moore, K R and Elphic, R C and Maurice, S and Belian, Richard D and Binder, Alan B},
abstractNote = {The Lunar Prospector Alpha Particle Spectrometer (LP APS) searched for lunar surface gas release events and mapped their distribution by detecting alpha particle?; produced by the decay of gaseous radon-222 (5.5 MeV, 3.8 day half-life), solid polonium-2 18 (6.0 MeV, 3 minute half-life), and solid polonium-210 (5.3 MeV, 138 day half-life, but held up in production by the 21 year half-life of lead-210). These three nuclides are radioactive daughters from the decay of uranium-238.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/976310}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2002},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2002}
}

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