Heavy Ions In Space (HIIS) experiment

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Jun 1992

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In NASA. Langley Research Center, Second LDEF Post-Retrieval Symposium Abstracts p 26 (SEE N92-27218 18-99)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Chemical Composition, Galactic Cosmic Rays, Heavy Ions, Long Duration Exposure Facility, Spaceborne Experiments, Astrophysics, Electrons, Geomagnetism, Relativistic Particles

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The Heavy Ions In Space (HIIS) experiment has two primary objectives: (1) to measure the elemental composition of ultraheavy Galactic cosmic rays, beginning in the tin-barium region of the periodic table; and (2) to study heavy ions which arrive at LDEF below the geomagnetic cutoff, either because they are not fully stripped of electrons or because their source is within the magnetosphere. Both have practical as well as astrophysical consequences. The HIIS experiment used eight thick stacks of plastic track detectors mounted in two trays on the space facing end of LDEF. Since the last LDEF symposium, the statistics were increased of the observations and have extended the analysis to a second stack and to detector sheets near the top of a stack. New results are reported on the detector resolution and on the observations of both stopping and relativistic particles.

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