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Measurement of low energy cosmic rays aboard spacelab-1
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Beaujean, R. Enge, W. Oschlies, K. |
| Copyright Year | 1985 |
| Description | In December 1983 the first Spacelab mission was launched for a duration of 10 days. Aboard was the Kiel experiment Isotopic Stack designed for measurement of heavy cosmic ray nuclei with nuclear charge equal to or greater than 3 and energies up to some 100MeV/nuc. One part of the stack was rotated in well defined steps registered by an angle encoder to receive information on impact times of the nuclei. Using this time resolving system geomagnetically forbidden particles can be detected. The chemical composition and energy spectra of mainly CNO particles are examined using a rotated 300 microns m thick CR-39 foil beneath a fixed 100 microns m thick Kodak-Cellulose Nitrate foil. About 600 sq cm have been scanned yielding nearly 100 nuclear tracks within an energy range of approximately 8 to 30 MeV/nuc. The calibration is done by means of a postflight irradiation with 410 MeV/nuc Fe-56 at Berkeley Laboratory, California, USA. Relative abundances and energy spectra are presented. |
| File Size | 36568 |
| Page Count | 1 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19850026824 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6062fb61 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1985-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Radiation Geomagnetism Satellite-borne Instruments Spacelab Angular Resolution Energy Spectra Galactic Cosmic Rays Measuring Instruments Abundance Particle Tracks Rotation Primary Cosmic Rays Cellulose Nitrate Heavy Nuclei Chemical Composition Detection Isotopes Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |