a High Resolution Study of Ultra Heavy Cosmic Ray Nuclei Using the Long Duration Exposure Facility (ldef)
Abstract
A large array of nuclear track detectors is being prepared for a twelve month exposure in space aboard the LDEF which is scheduled to be launched by the NASA Space Shuttle in 1981. The experiment is designed to study the charge spectrum of cosmic ray nuclei with Z greater than 30 by obtaining a large and more uniform sample of events than has hitherto been possible by balloon or satellite exposures. A summary of the astrophysical significance of the experiment and its current state of development is given.
- Publication:
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International Cosmic Ray Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979ICRC...11..103T
- Keywords:
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- Cosmic Rays;
- Heavy Nuclei;
- Long Duration Exposure Facility;
- Particle Tracks;
- Abundance;
- High Resolution;
- Space Shuttle Payloads;
- Space Radiation