Speaker
Mr
Patrick Dunn
(University of California, Berkeley)
Description
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission will orbit Mars to improve our understanding of how Mars lost most of its atmosphere. Launched in November 2013, MAVEN will go into orbit around Mars in September 2014. Its payload consists of several complementary instruments (in situ and remote sensing), including the two Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) detectors. Simulations in Geant4 have been used to determine the thickness of the "dead" layer of the detectors, as well as the low-energy geometric factor. More importantly, simulations are currently in progress to observe the instrument's response to several particle types with a large range of initial energies. The results of these simulations will be used (via convolution) to improve the interpretation of actual energy deposits recorded by SEP.
Primary author
Mr
Patrick Dunn
(University of California, Berkeley)
Co-authors
Dr
Davin Larson
(University of California, Berkeley)
Dr
Robert Lillis
(University of California, Berkeley)
