Present status of the active X-ray spectrometer development for future lunar landing mission

Hiroshi NAGAOKA; Nobuyuki HASEBE; Hiroki KUSANO; Masayuki NAITO; Eido SHIBAMURA; Yoshiharu AMANO; Tohru OHTA; Timothy Fagan

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Oral

Symbol P (Space and Planetary Sciences) » P-PS Planetary Sciences

[P-PS23] Lunar science and exploration

Mon. May 25, 2015 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM A02 (APA HOTEL&RESORT TOKYO BAY MAKUHARI)

Convener:*Hiroshi Nagaoka(Waseda Univ.), Tomokatsu Morota(Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University), Masaki N Nishino(Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University), Chikatoshi Honda(The University of Aizu), Yuichiro Cho(Department of Physics, Rikkyo University), Chair:Makoto Hareyama(Department of Physiology (Physics), St. Marianna University School of Medicine), Ryuhei Yamada(National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, RISE project)

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

[PPS23-10] Present status of the active X-ray spectrometer development for future lunar landing mission

*Hiroshi NAGAOKA¹, Nobuyuki HASEBE¹, Hiroki KUSANO¹, Masayuki NAITO¹, Eido SHIBAMURA¹, Yoshiharu AMANO¹, Tohru OHTA¹, Timothy Fagan¹ (1.Waseda University)

Keywords:X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, active X-ray spectrometer, lunar landing mission, elemental analysis

The Active X-ray Spectrometer (AXS) consisting of an active X-ray generator and a silicon drift detector (SDD) has been developed for future lunar landing missions. The AXS can determine the elemental composition of rock samples by X-Ray Fluorescence spectroscopy which provides the geochemical data of rock samples. The AXS has each outstanding features as excellent energy resolution, compact and light weight, low power consumption, and no high voltage power supply and no radioisotopes. The X-ray generator is made of some pyroelectric crystals, peltier device and thin metal target. The instrument of the AXS and the present status of its development are presented and discussed.