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Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer


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1 U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 017, India
2 Space Science Programme Office, ISRO Head Quarters, Bengaluru 560 017, India
 

Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS) is an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer experiment aimed at mapping the abundances of major rock-forming elements on the lunar surface. The instrument consists of swept charge devices with a passive collimator, visible light blocking filters and signal processing electronics designed and built at U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation. CLASS will be the largest collecting area spectrometer flown to the Moon, and thus is expected to map the abundances of lunar elements with a higher sensitivity than ever at soft X-ray energies.

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Moon, Rock-forming Elements, Spectrometer, X-ray Fluorescence.
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Authors

V. Radhakrishna
U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 017, India
A. Tyagi
U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 017, India
S. Narendranath
U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 017, India
Koushal Vadodariya
U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 017, India
Reena Yadav
U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 017, India
Brajpal Singh
U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 017, India
G. Balaji
U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 017, India
Neeraj Satya
U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 017, India
Akash Shetty
U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 017, India
H. N. Suresha Kumar
U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 017, India
Kumar
U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 017, India
S. Vaishali
U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 017, India
Netra S. Pillai
U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 017, India
S. Tadepalli
U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 017, India
Venkata Raghavendra
U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 017, India
P. Sreekumar
Space Science Programme Office, ISRO Head Quarters, Bengaluru 560 017, India
Anil Agarwal
U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 017, India
N. Valarmathi
U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 017, India

Abstract


Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS) is an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer experiment aimed at mapping the abundances of major rock-forming elements on the lunar surface. The instrument consists of swept charge devices with a passive collimator, visible light blocking filters and signal processing electronics designed and built at U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation. CLASS will be the largest collecting area spectrometer flown to the Moon, and thus is expected to map the abundances of lunar elements with a higher sensitivity than ever at soft X-ray energies.

Keywords


Moon, Rock-forming Elements, Spectrometer, X-ray Fluorescence.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv118%2Fi2%2F219-225