Cosmic Ray and High Energy Gamma Ray Experiments for the Space Station Era
Abstract
The potential of the Space Station as a platform for cosmic-ray and high-energy gamma-ray astronomy is discussed in reviews, reports, and specific proposals. Topics examined include antiparticles and electrons, science facilities and new technology, high-energy nuclear interactions, nuclear composition and energy spectra, Space Shuttle experiments, Space Station facilities and detectors, high-energy gamma rays, and gamma-ray facilities and techniques. Consideration is given to universal-baryon-symmetry testing on the scale of galactic clusters, particle studies in a high-inclination orbit, balloon-borne emulsion-chamber results on ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus interactions, ionization states of low-energy cosmic rays, a large gamma-ray telescope for point-source studies above 1 GeV, and the possible existence of stable quark matter.
- Publication:
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Cosmic Ray and High Energy Gamma Ray Experiments for the Space Station Era
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985crhe.work.....J
- Keywords:
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- Conferences;
- Cosmic Rays;
- Gamma Ray Astronomy;
- Nuclear Physics;
- Space Stations;
- Astrophysics;
- Cosmic Ray Showers;
- Elementary Particles;
- Energy Spectra;
- Galactic Cosmic Rays;
- High Energy Interactions;
- Particle Interactions;
- Radiation Detectors;
- Radiation Measurement;
- Solar Cosmic Rays;
- Space Shuttle Payloads;
- Spaceborne Experiments;
- Space Radiation