Cosmic and solar gamma-ray, X-ray and particle measurements from high altitude balloons in Antarctica

Details Cosmic and solar gamma-ray, X-ray and particle measurements from high altitude balloons in Antarctica Cosmic and solar gamma-ray, X-ray and particle measurements from high altitude balloons in Antarctica

Jan 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990aipc..198..157l&link_type=abstract

IN: Astrophysics in Antarctica (A92-22401 07-89). New York, American Institute of Physics, 1989, p. 157-165.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Antarctic Regions, Corpuscular Radiation, Cosmic Rays, Gamma Rays, High Altitude Balloons, Particle Flux Density, Solar Radiation, Balloon Flight, Balloon-Borne Instruments, Gamma Ray Astronomy, Radiation Measurement, Solar Flares

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For measurements of cosmic and solar gamma-rays, hard X-rays, and particles, Antarctica offers the potential for very long, 10-20 day, continuous, 24-h/day observations, with balloon flights circling the South Pole during austral summer. For X-ray/gamma-ray sources at high south latitude the overlying atmosphere is minimized, and for cosmic-ray measurements the low geomagnetic cutoff permits the entry of low rigidity particles. The first Antarctic flight of a heavy (approximately 2400-lb) payload on a large (11.6 x 10 exp 6 cu ft) balloon took place in January, 1988, to search for the gamma-ray lines of Co-56 produced in the new supernova SN 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The long-duration balloon flights presently planned from Antarctica include those for further gamma-ray/hard X-ray studies of SN 1987A and for the NASA Max '91 program for solar-flare studies.

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