Energy-dispersive x-ray detectors for inter-disciplinary science including martian geochemical exploration

我们工作的基础在于物理学，我们研究的是围绕原子运行的最内层电子的过程。其中一个过程是由粒子加速器中的质子等快速的重抛射体射出这些电子，另一个过程是在受激原子随后的弛豫过程中发射特征x射线。我们的实验是通过对这些x射线的能量分布进行高度精密的计算机分析来解释的。

The foundations of our work lie in physics, where we study processes involving the innermost electrons that orbit the atom. One such process is the ejection of these electrons by swift heavy projectiles such as protons from a particle accelerator, and another is the emission of characteristic X-rays during the subsequent relaxation of the excited atom. Our experiments are interpreted through highly refined computer analysis of the energy distributions of these X-rays.