The atmosphere as particle detector

Conference · Thu Mar 15 00:00:00 EST 1990 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA)

OSTI ID:6375531

Stanev, T ^[1]

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1. Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (USA)

The possibility of using an inflatable, gas-filled balloon as a TeV {gamma}-ray detector on the Moon is considered. By taking an atmosphere of Xenon gas there, or by extracting it on the Moon, a layman's detector design is presented. In spite of its shortcomings, the exercise illustrates several of the novel features offered by particle physics on the Moon.

• OSTI ID: 6375531
• Report Number(s): CONF-8905272-; CODEN: APCPC; TRN: 90-035306
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA), Vol. 202:1; Conference: NASA workshop on physics from a lunar base, Stanford, CA (USA), 19 May 1989; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES
GAMMA DETECTION
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
MOON
EXPERIMENT PLANNING
REMOTE SENSING
TEV RANGE
XENON
ASTRONOMY
COSMIC RAY SOURCES
DETECTION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY RANGE
FLUIDS
GASES
NONMETALS
PLANNING
RADIATION DETECTION
RARE GASES
SATELLITES
440104* - Radiation Instrumentation- High Energy Physics Instrumentation