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The results of the second stage of laboratory tests of the space gamma-spectrometer model on the phasotron installed at the JINR Laboratory of Nuclear Problems are presented. Tagged protons are applied in these experiments. Comparative estimates of the sensitivity of the tagged-proton method used aboard lander stationary or mobile platforms to detect inhomogeneities in the underlying surface are obtained. Composite models of planetary matter consisting of silicon oxide, aluminum, and iron are used to imitate space experiments.
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This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (grant no. 18-12-00487).
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Mitrofanov, I.G., Litvak, M.L., Golovin, D.V. et al. Gamma Spectrometry of Composite Models of Planetary Matter on the JINR Accelerator Proton Beam with Tagged Protons. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 17, 348–357 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477120030115
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