alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (APXS) is a spectrometer that analyses the chemical element composition of a sample from scattered alpha particles and...

particle counter should be placed. Varying B, this makes possible to measure the energy spectrum of alpha particles in an alpha particle spectrometer...

and RTGs for spacecraft. It served as the α-source in the alpha particle X-ray spectrometers of several space probes, including the Sojourner, Spirit,...

13, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2012. "MSL Science Corner: Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS)". NASA/JPL. Archived from the original on March 20...

and soils. One Mössbauer measurement took about 12 hours. Alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (APXS), developed by the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry...

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a particle physics experiment module that is mounted on the International Space Station (ISS). The experiment...

Hypersensitive Ionosphere and Atmosphere—Langmuir Probe (RAMBHA-LP) An alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (APXS) will derive the chemical composition and infer the...

Mössbauer spectrometer (MB) MIMOS II – used for close-up investigations of the mineralogy of iron-bearing rocks and soils. Alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (APXS)...

beam of charged particles such as electrons (in an electron microscope for example), protons (see PIXE) or a beam of X-rays (see X-ray fluorescence, or...

W X Y Z See also Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) Atomic emission spectroscopy (AES) Atomic fluorescence spectroscopy (AFS) Alpha particle X-ray spectrometer...

include the first scientific validation of water on Mars, Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) on board the Curiosity rover, and the Barcode of Life...

rovers Examples of instruments onboard landed rovers include: Alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (MPF + MER + MSL) CheMin (MSL) Chemistry and Camera complex...

Martian Soil and Rocks Returned by the Mobile Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometer: Preliminary Results from the X-ray Mode". Science. 278 (5344): 1771–1774. Bibcode:1997Sci...

rovers each carry an Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS), a thermal emission spectrometer (Mini-TES), and Mössbauer spectrometer to identify minerals...

mass, the term "rays" is consistent with known particles such as cathode rays, canal rays, alpha rays, and beta rays. Meanwhile "cosmic" ray photons, which...

Cosmic-Ray Isotope Spectrometer for the Advanced Composition Explorer". Space Science Reviews. 86: 285–356. Bibcode:1998SSRv...86..285S. CiteSeerX 10.1...

Tiangong-2 Yangbajing International Cosmic Ray Observatory (YBJ) Yutu (rover); IHEP built its alpha particle X-ray spectrometer Institute home page v t e...

3 with Barnacle Bill. The Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) was used to determine its composition, the spectrometer taking ten hours to make a...

Mössbauer spectrometer (MB) MIMOS II – used for close-up investigations of the mineralogy of iron-bearing rocks and soils. Alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (APXS)...

equipped with an Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) and a Mössbauer Spectrometer (MB). The APXS uses alpha particles and X-rays to determine the...

microscopes (STEM). X-ray beam excitation is used in X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometers. A detector is used to convert X-ray energy into voltage signals;...

region, not just in the area explored by Opportunity. The Alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (APXS) found rather high levels of phosphorus in the rocks...

photons produced by the x-ray or gamma photon) it is therefore possible to discern the original photon's energy. The spectrometer consists of a suitable...

antiparticle spectrometer (GAPS) is a planned experiment that will use a high-altitude balloon flying in Antarctica to look for antideuteron particles from outer...

PMID 15297662. S2CID 31102951. Gellert, Ralf; et al. (2006). "The Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS): results from Gusev crater and calibration report"...

the rover. Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS): This device can irradiate samples with alpha particles and map the spectra of X-rays that are re-emitted...

camera), a heat flow and physical properties package, an alpha particle X-ray spectrometer, a magnetometer, a seismometer, a soil penetrating device...

similar instruments: panoramic cameras, an infrared spectrometer and an alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (APXS). Yutu is also equipped with a robotic arm...

infrared spectrometer) for sensing targets at a distance, a microscopic imager, a Mössbauer spectrometer and an alpha particle X-ray spectrometer. The RAT...

several hundred meters deep. The rover carries an alpha particle X-ray spectrometer and an infrared spectrometer, intended to analyze the chemical element composition...