NASA publishes first results from the Mars Rover PIXL instrument, which uses XIA technology to help search for signs of ancient life on Mars. XIA is proud of its collaboration with NASA/JPL on the Mars Rover Perseverance PIXL experiment, one of several instruments...
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Mars Rover Lands with XIA on Board
The Mars 2020 Mission with Rover Perseverance successfully landed at Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021. XIA collaborated with NASA/JPL and contributed to the PIXL instrument on the Mars Rover, which will help search for signs of ancient life on Mars. NASA’s mission...
A 24-element Silicon PIN Diode Detector for High Resolution Radioxenon Measurements using Simultaneous X-ray and Electron Spectroscopy
The measurement of atmospheric radioxenon is an important tool for monitoring nuclear weapons testing. The development of new and improved xenon detection methods supports the monitoring program of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). In the current...
Radioxenon Measurements With a Coincidence Silicon Detector System
The radioxenon detectors currently used in applications related to nuclear explosion monitoring have a very high sensitivity to detect very small amounts of radioxenon. However, to better distinguish the radioxenon background created by nuclear power plants and...
Study of Silicon Detectors for High Resolution Radioxenon Measurements
Measurement of radioactive xenon in the atmosphere is one of several techniques to detect nuclear weapons testing, typically using either scintillator based coincidence beta/gamma detectors or germanium based gamma only detectors. Silicon detectors have a number of...