Sentences with phrase «neutron spectrometer»

The research team — including Anibal Ramirez - Cuesta, Luke Daemen, and Yongqiang Cheng of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as well as Timothy Jenkins and Craig Brown of the National Institute of Standards and Technology — used spectroscopic tools, including the state - of - the - art inelastic neutron spectrometer called VISION at the Spallation Neutron Source, to examine the atomic - level dynamics of a special kind of molecular structure called a clathrate.

The Psyche spacecraft would orbit the huge metal asteroid for about 12 months, studying the topography, gravity, magnetic field and other surface features, and carry a suite of instruments, including magnetometer, imager, gamma ray and neutron spectrometer.

This quantity is enough to explain much of the near - equatorial hydrogen observed beginning in 2001 by Los Alamos's neutron spectrometer on board the Mars Odyssey spacecraft.

The present estimate is based on the depth to which the neutron spectrometer's signal can penetrate — about a foot and a half.

The new findings, made by Prospector's neutron spectrometer, confirm that water is trapped in the frigid regions of the moon.

Not exact matches

Calibration of scintillation - light filters for neutron time - of - flight spectrometers at the National Ignition Facility

A neutron activation spectrometer and neutronic experimental platform for the National Ignition Facility

The new ice - scarp studies confirm indications from fresh - crater and neutron - spectrometer observations that a layer rich in water ice begins within just one or two yards of the surface in some areas.

Brockhouse invented the triple axis spectrometer, which measures the energy of neutrons after they have been scattered.

Specifically, they measured hydrogen and its isotope, deuterium (hydrogen with an extra neutron in its nucleus) with ion microprobes, which use a focused beam of ions to sputter ions from a small rock sample into a mass spectrometer.

Measurements carried out using the AGATA spectrometer has unravelled the details of neutron oscillations in the atomic nucleus and determined how many neutrons on the surface, or «skin», of the nucleus participate in unique vibrations known as pygmy resonances.

Also, evidence from Dawn's visible and infrared mapping spectrometer and gamma ray and neutron detector indicates that there is hydrated material within some rocks on Vesta's surface, suggesting that Vesta is not entirely dry.

To probe «closed shell» effects surrounding elements with 32 neutrons, a team at TRIUMF produced exotic, radioactive forms of titanium and weighed them with the ultra-precise mass spectrometers at TRIUMF's Ion Trap for Atomic and Nuclear Science (TITAN) facility.

Major research instrumentation and facilities include well - equipped research computing laboratories, 40Ar / 39Ar, quadrupole, and stable isotope mass spectrometers, electron microprobe, high - pressure rock physics and rock mechanics laboratory, fission track and image analysis lab, neutron activation counting lab, liquid and gas chromatography lab, a flow visualization lab, and local seismic networks.

Framing Camera (MPS / DLR) Visible Gamma Ray and Neutron Detector (LANL) Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (ASI / INAF)