Performance of bismuth germanate active shielding on a balloon flight over Antarctica

Conference · Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1990 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA)

OSTI ID:6515550

Rester, A C; Coldwell, R L ^[1]; Trombka, J I ^[2]; Starr, R ^[3]; Eichhorn, G ^[4]; Lasche, G P ^[5]

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1. Institute for Astrophysics and Planetary Exploration, Univ. of Florida, Alachua, FL (US)
2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, MD (USA). Goddard Space Flight Center
3. Catholic Univ. of America, Washington, DC (USA). Dept. of Physics
4. Steward Observatory, Tucson, AZ (USA)
5. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, VA (USA); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, VA (USA)

The GRAD gamma-ray spectrometer was flown on a high-altitude balloon at an altitude of 36.6 km over Antarctica on January 8-10, 1988 where it was used to make observations of Supernova 1987a. The performance of the bismuth germinate active shielding in the near-space environment over Antarctica is examined.

• OSTI ID: 6515550
• Report Number(s): CONF-900143-; CODEN: IETNA; TRN: 90-035303
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA), Vol. 37:2; Conference: Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) nuclear science symposium, San Francisco, CA (USA), 15-19 Jan 1990; ISSN 0018-9499
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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GAMMA SPECTROMETERS
BISMUTH GERMANATES
SHIELDING
PERFORMANCE
ANTARCTICA
BALLOONS
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