Azerbaijan develops special detectors to study the surface of the moon

Azerbaijan is developing new detectors HardGamm and HardPix, which will be used to study the hydrogen composition of structures on the surface of the moon.

According to Report, this work is carried out in cooperation between the Institute of Radiation Problems of the Ministry of Science and Education, the Department of Nuclear Research of the Agency for Innovation and Digital Development, as well as the Czech Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics and the University of West Bohemia.

The micropixel avalanche photodiode (MAPD-3NM) Hardgamm was developed by an Azerbaijani team, and the electronic module was developed by a Czech company.

This month, the first version of the HardGamm detector was tested at the Institute of Radiation Problems. The tests were carried out by the head of the institute group, Doctor of Physical Sciences Farid Akhmedov, the head of the group of the Department of Nuclear Research of the Agency for Innovation and Digital Development, PhD in Physics Azer Sadygov, the head of the group of the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics of the Czech Republic Michael Holik and the head of the group of the University of West Bohemia Ondrej Urban.

The test results will be presented at the International Astronautical Congress, which will be held in Baku on October 2-6, 2023.

source: report.az