The Neutral Mass Spectrometer on the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer Mission

被引:75
作者
Mahaffy, Paul R. [1 ]
Hodges, R. Richard [2 ]
Benna, Mehdi [1 ]
King, Todd [1 ]
Arvey, Robert [1 ]
Barciniak, Michael [1 ]
Bendt, Mirl [1 ]
Carigan, Daniel [1 ]
Errigo, Therese [1 ]
Harpold, Daniel N. [1 ]
Holmes, Vincent [1 ]
Johnson, Christopher S. [1 ]
Kellogg, James [1 ]
Kimvilakani, Patrick [1 ]
Lefavor, Matthew [1 ]
Hengemihle, Jerome [1 ]
Jaeger, Ferzan [1 ]
Lyness, Eric [1 ]
Maurer, John [1 ]
Nguyen, Daniel [1 ]
Nolan, Thomas J. [1 ]
Noreiga, Felix [1 ]
Noriega, Marvin [1 ]
Patel, Kiran [1 ]
Prats, Benito [1 ]
Quinones, Omar [1 ]
Raaen, Eric [1 ]
Tan, Florence [1 ]
Weidner, Edwin [1 ]
Woronowicz, Michael [1 ]
Gundersen, Cynthia [3 ]
Battel, Steven [4 ]
Block, Bruce P. [5 ]
Arnett, Ken [5 ]
Miller, Ryan [5 ]
Cooper, Curt [5 ]
Edmonson, Charles [5 ]
机构
[1] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[2] Univ Colorado, Atmospher & Space Phys Lab, Boulder, CO 80303 USA
[3] AMU Engn, Miami, FL 33156 USA
[4] Battel Engn, Scottsdale, AZ 85253 USA
[5] Univ Michigan, Space Phys Res Lab, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
基金
美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
Moon; lunar volatiles; Mass spectrometry; Noble gases; Argon; Helium; LATERAL TRANSPORT; EXOSPHERES; ION;
D O I
10.1007/s11214-014-0043-9
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The Neutral Mass Spectrometer (NMS) of the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) Mission is designed to measure the composition and variability of the tenuous lunar atmosphere. The NMS complements two other instruments on the LADEE spacecraft designed to secure spectroscopic measurements of lunar composition and in situ measurement of lunar dust over the course of a 100-day mission in order to sample multiple lunation periods. The NMS utilizes a dual ion source designed to measure both surface reactive and inert species and a quadrupole analyzer. The NMS is expected to secure time resolved measurements of helium and argon and determine abundance or upper limits for many other species either sputtered or thermally evolved from the lunar surface.
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页码:27 / 61
页数:35
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