Distributed Acoustic Sensing for Future Planetary Applications: Initial Results From the San Francisco Volcanic Field, a Lunar Analogue
Nicholas Harmon, Ryan Porter, Catherine Rychert, Nicholas Schmerr, Madison M. Smith, Zhichao Shen, Wenbo Wu, Jacob Giles, Naoma McCall, Jingchuan Wang, Linden Wike, John West, Austin Hoyle, Naya Deykes · 2024
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Nicholas Harmon and twelve co-authors test fiber-optic sensing as a light, cheap seismometer for other planets. Their study was published in twenty twenty-four. Classic seismic gear is heavy and costly to land, yet it reveals planetary interiors like nothing else.
The method turns a buried or surface fiber cable into thousands of vibration sensors. The team deployed it at two volcanic sites in Arizona that mimic lunar ground. Its recordings were compared against standard seismometers and geophone surveys. Response functions linking the fiber signals to true ground motion were derived. Proving the trick on Earth analogue ground is a step toward packing seismology into a spool of glass.
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| CREATOR | Nicholas Harmon, Ryan Porter, Catherine Rychert, Nicholas Schmerr, Madison M. Smith, Zhichao Shen, Wenbo Wu, Jacob Giles, Naoma McCall, Jingchuan Wang, Linden Wike, John West, Austin Hoyle, Naya Deykes |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |