title: The Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN) experiment for NASA's 2009 Mars Science Laboratory.
abstract: We present a summary of the physical principles and design of the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN) instrument onboard NASA's 2009 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission. The DAN instrument will use the method of neutron-neutron activation analysis in a space application to study the abundance and depth distribution of water in the martian subsurface along the path of the MSL rover.
authors.affiliation: Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia. Litvak@mx.iki.rssi.ru
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Litvak
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Mitrofanov
authors.forename: Yu N
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Barmakov
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Behar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bitulev
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bobrovnitsky
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Bogolubov
authors.forename: W V
authors.initials: WV
authors.lastname: Boynton
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Bragin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Churin
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Grebennikov
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Konovalov
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kozyrev
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Kurdumov
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krylov
authors.forename: Yu P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Kuznetsov
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Malakhov
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Mokrousov
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Ryzhkov
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Sanin
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authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Shvetsov
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Smirnov
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sholeninov
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Timoshenko
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Tomilina
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Tuvakin
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Tretyakov
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Troshin
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Uvarov
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varenikov
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vostrukhin
mesh_terms: D006859:Hydrogen / Q000032:analysis; D007753:Laboratories; D018535:Mars; D009502:Neutrons; D009716:Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014481:United States; D018557:United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D006859:Hydrogen