Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Apr 2000
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American Physical Society, April Meeting, April 29-May 2, 2000 Long Beach, CA, abstract #C16.007
Computer Science
Performance
Scientific paper
The primary goal of ECCO, the Extremely Heavy Cosmic-ray Composition Observer, is the measurement of the abundances of the individual long-lived actinides (Th, U, Pu, Cm) in the galactic cosmic rays with excellent resolution and statistics. ECCO will be a ~30 m^2 array of BP-1 glass track-etch detectors, to be exposed on orbit for at least three years, and is based on the heritage of Trek, an array of BP-1 detectors which was mounted externally onboard Mir. We will describe recent progress in the design and refinement of the ECCO instrument, and the performance of a novel instrument configuration which promises improved detector performance and lower cost. The primary goal of ECCO, the Extremely Heavy Cosmic-ray Composition Observer, is the measurement of the abundances of the individual long-lived actinides (Th, U, Pu, Cm) in the galactic cosmic rays with excellent resolution and statistics. ECCO will be a ~30 m^2 array of BP-1 glass track-etch detectors, to be exposed on orbit for at least three years, and is based on the heritage of Trek, an array of BP-1 detectors which was mounted externally onboard Mir. We will describe recent progress in the design and refinement of the ECCO instrument, and the performance of a novel instrument configuration which promises improved detector performance and lower cost. ECCO is one of two instruments on the HNX spacecraft, which is under consideration as a Small Class Explorer Mission.
Tarl{é} Gregory
Weaver Benjamin A.
Westphal Andrew J.
Zaerpoor Koorosh
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