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Feldman et al. 1991
Feldman, W.C., Reedy, R.C. and McKay, D.S. (1991). Lunar neutron leakage fluxes as a function of composition and hydrogen content. Geophysical Research Letters 18: doi: 10.1029/91GL02618. issn: 0094-8276.

Areas of the Moon that might have enhanced concentrations of hydrogen are discussed. The fluxes of thermal, epithermal, and fast neutrons escaping from the lunar surface were calculated for eight different compositions and several hydrogen contents. These flux ratios depend on compositon and are very sensitive to the hydrogen contents. Their measurement using flight-proven techniques from lunar orbit should allow detection and indentification of hydrogen residing in either permanently shaded cold traps near the lunar poles or mature regoliths. Knowledge of composition, especially of Fe and Ti, improves the thresholds for hydrogen detection and also could allow identification of Gd and Sm. ¿American Geophysical Union 1991

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Planetology, Comets and Small Bodies, Physics and chemistry of materials
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