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Title: | X-ray studies of the Moon |
Researcher: | Shyama Narendranath K C |
Guide(s): | Babu B R S |
Keywords: | Moon Physics X-ray |
Upload Date: | 5-Dec-2013 |
University: | University of Calicut |
Completed Date: | n.d. |
Abstract: | X-ray remote sensing is an established technique for chemical mapping of atmosphere- less inner solar system bodies. Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS), on-board the first Indian lunar mission Chandrayaan-1, was flown with the objective of globally mapping the abundances of the major rock-forming elements Mg, Al, Si, Ca ,Ti and Fe with a spatial resolution of 25 km on the lunar surface. C1XS employed swept charge devices , a recently developed variant of x-ray CCDs as detectors. In this thesis, we present the calibration of the C1XS experiment, derive the detailed instrument response, analyze lunar x-ray fluorescence data and derive elemental abun- dance of the major elements Mg, Al, Si, Ca and Fe from a region in the central nearside highlands of the Moon. This work is the first ever estimation of absolute x-ray line flux from the lunar surface. Ca abundance from a highland region has also been directly estimated for the first time through remote sensing. |
Pagination: | 141p. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10603/13685 |
Appears in Departments: | Department of Physics |
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01_title.pdf | Attached File | 36.85 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
02_certificate.pdf | 20.88 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
03_declaration.pdf | 20.76 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
04_abstract.pdf | 23.83 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
05_acknowledgements.pdf | 19.53 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
06_contents.pdf | 48.78 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
07_list of figures.pdf | 46.55 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
08_list of tables.pdf | 18.29 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
09_abbreviations.pdf | 21.67 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
10_chapter 1.pdf | 281.43 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
11_chapter 2.pdf | 840.81 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
12_chapter 3.pdf | 1.28 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
13_chapter 4.pdf | 1.17 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
14_summary.pdf | 528.87 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
15_appendix.pdf | 138.48 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
16_bibliography.pdf | 66.33 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
17_list of publications.pdf | 47.78 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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