The Importance of Particle Induced X-Ray Emission (PIXE) Analysis and Imaging to the Search for Life on the Ocean Worlds

D. F. Blake,P. Sarrazin,Kathleen Thompson

The Importance of Particle Induced X-Ray Emission (PIXE) Analysis and Imaging to the Search for Life on the Ocean Worlds

2017

D. F. Blake
P. Sarrazin
Kathleen Thompson

The MapX imaging X-ray spectrometer is described and Monte Carlo modeling is used to show the efficacy of 244-Cm radioisotope sources in detecting and quantifying the biogenic elements in ices on Ocean Worlds such as Europa.

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Crystallinity
Monte Carlo method
Chemical energy
Alpha particle
X-ray fluorescence
Valence (chemistry)
Particle-induced X-ray emission
Molecular physics
Mineralogy
Planetary science
Chemistry
particle emission
Spectrometer
Remote sensing
life detection

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