NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 46, Issue 5, 050201(2023)

Contribution of 4~400 MeV protons galactic cosmic rays to annihilation radiation in orbital gamma spectrum near lunar space

Jiankun ZHAO1,2, Shuang JIANG2, Yonghui LI2, Qi ZENG2, Hexi WU2, Yujuan LIU2, and Yibao LIU2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Jiangxi Engineering Technology Research Center of Nuclear Geoscience Data Science and System, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China
  • 2School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, East China university of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China
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    Figures & Tables(10)
    Formation mechanism of lunar annihilation radiation
    Equivalent calculation model
    Distribution of proton fluence rate on the entire lunar surface
    Simulation results of lunar rock-induced γ rays (set proton in P6 impacting on low titanium basalt as an example)
    Probability of annihilation radiation produced by protons with different energies in different lithology
    Comparison of calculation results with the measured results of CE1-GRS at five lunar landing sites(a) Apollo 12, (b) Apollo 16, (c) Apollo 17, (d) Luna 16, (e) Luna 24
    • Table 1. Components of some representative Lunabase (wt,%)[14]

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      Table 1. Components of some representative Lunabase (wt,%)[14]

      岩性

      Lithology

      高铝玄武岩

      High alumina basalt

      克里普岩

      KREEP

      斜长岩

      Anorthosite

      低钛玄武岩

      Low titanium basalt

      高钛玄武岩

      High titanium basalt

      O41.6244.0446.1340.7038.32
      Na0.500.670.220.170.30
      Mg4.052.170.158.904.04
      Al6.736.7418.634.155.54
      Si21.9226.5820.8420.2618.70
      K0.061.730.000.040.05
      Ca8.275.8413.755.877.98
      Ti2.811.620.012.249.14
      Cr0.05<0.01<0.010.650.17
      Mn0.20<0.010.010.220.23
      Fe13.7910.610.2416.8015.51
    • Table 2. CE1-HPD technical indicators[20]

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      Table 2. CE1-HPD technical indicators[20]

      质子能道

      Proton channel

      能量区间

      Detection energy level / MeV

      几何因子

      Geometric factor/ cm-2·sr-1

      P14~80.85
      P28~14
      P314~26
      P426~600.45
      P560~150
      P6150~400
    • Table 3. Calculation results of Al, Si, Mg characteristic γ ray

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      Table 3. Calculation results of Al, Si, Mg characteristic γ ray

      核素Nuclide特征γ射线能量Characteristic γ ray energy / MeV本文净计数率 Net count rate of this paper /10-5 proton-1·s-1净计数率归一化Net count rate normalization / NECIAEA参考实验值IAEA reference experimental values参考值归一化Reference value normalization / NER相对误差Relative error / %
      24Mg1.129 720.0540.0380.0523.85
      1.368 63710.7271
      1.808 77.50.2020.1520.209-3.35
      3.867 130.0810.060.082 5-1.82
      27Al1.726.51.30.081.333-2.48
      2.213.50.70.040.6674.95
      2.73430.60.0350.5832.92
      3.00510.061
      28Si2.23410.1171
      3.230.750.0880.752-0.27
      4.497 23.50.8750.1050.897-2.45
    • Table 4. Proton fluence rate of previous lunar landing detection points (cm-2·s-1·sr-1)

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      Table 4. Proton fluence rate of previous lunar landing detection points (cm-2·s-1·sr-1)

      任务 Mission经度 Longitude纬度 Latitude岩石 RockP1P2P3P4P5P6
      Apollo 1223°20′W2°27′S克里普岩 KREEP0.740.150.100.0580.0630.053
      Apollo 1615°30′E9°S斜长岩 Anorthosite0.760.180.180.0840.1100.029
      Apollo 1730°44′E20°9′N玄武岩 Basalt0.700.170.220.1700.0820.063
      Luna 1656°18′E0°41′S玄武岩 Basalt0.660.220.130.0750.0700.047
      Luna 2462°12′E12°15′N斜长岩 Anorthosite0.820.150.150.1200.0650.120
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    Jiankun ZHAO, Shuang JIANG, Yonghui LI, Qi ZENG, Hexi WU, Yujuan LIU, Yibao LIU. Contribution of 4~400 MeV protons galactic cosmic rays to annihilation radiation in orbital gamma spectrum near lunar space[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2023, 46(5): 050201

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Jul. 20, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jun. 30, 2023

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    DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2023.hjs.46.050201

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