The GRAD high-altitude balloon flight over Antarctica
Conference
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· AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics) Conference Proceedings; (USA)
OSTI ID:5288540
- Space Astronomy Laboratory, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32609 (US)
- Institute of Astrophysics and Planetary Exploration, University of Florida, Alachua, FL 32615 (US)
- NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 (US)
- DARPA/NMO, Arlington, VA (US)
The Gamma Ray Advanced Detector(GRAD) consists of a n-type germanium detector inside an active bismuth-germanate Compton and charged particle shield with additional active plastic shielding across the aperture. It will be flown on a high altitude balloon at 36 km altitude at a latitude of 78{degree} S over Antarctica for observations of gamma radiation emitted by the radioactive decay of {sup 56}Co in the Supernova SN1987A, for assessment of the performance of bismuth-germanate scintillation material in the radiation environment of near space, for gathering information on the gamma-ray background over Antarctica, and for testing fault-tolerant software.
- OSTI ID:
- 5288540
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8711149--
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics) Conference Proceedings; (USA) Journal Volume: 186:1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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640102* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Stars & Quasi-Stellar
Radio & X-Ray Sources
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
ANTARCTICA
ASTRONOMY
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
COBALT 56
COBALT ISOTOPES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
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ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
GAMMA RADIATION
GAMMA SPECTROMETERS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISOTOPES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
POLAR REGIONS
RADIATION FLUX
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
SHIELDING
SPECTROMETERS
STARS
SUPERNOVAE
VARIABLE STARS
Radio & X-Ray Sources
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GENERAL PHYSICS
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
ANTARCTICA
ASTRONOMY
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
COBALT 56
COBALT ISOTOPES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
GAMMA RADIATION
GAMMA SPECTROMETERS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISOTOPES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
POLAR REGIONS
RADIATION FLUX
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
SHIELDING
SPECTROMETERS
STARS
SUPERNOVAE
VARIABLE STARS