Gamma radiation background measurements from Spacelab 2

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May 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989aipc..186..225p&link_type=abstract

IN: High-energy radiation background in space (A90-25305 09-93). New York, American Institute of Physics, 1989, p. 225-231. Prev

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Background Radiation, Gamma Ray Spectra, Gamma Rays, Radioactive Decay, Scintillation Counters, Spacelab, Spacelab Payloads, Astrophysics, Geomagnetism, Monitors

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A Nuclear Radiation Monitor incorporating a NaI(Tl) scintillation detector was flown as part of the verification flight instrumentation on the Spacelab 2 mission, July 29 to August 6, 1985. Gamma-ray spectra were measured with better than 20 s resolution throughout most of the mission in the energy range 0.1 to 30 MeV. Knowledge of the decay characteristics and the geomagnetic dependence of the counting rates enable measurement of the various components of the Spacelab gamma-ray background: prompt secondary radiation, earth albedo, and delayed induced radioactivity. The status of the data analysis and present relevant examples of typical background behavior are covered.

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