Medium energy gamma ray astronomy with transpacific balloon flights
Conference
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· Adv. Space Res.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5655548
- California, University, Riverside, Calif.
Transpacific balloon flights with the University of California, Riverside (UCR) double scatter telescope are discussed. With flight durations from 5 days up to perhaps 15 days the long observation times necessary for medium energy (1-30 MeV) gamma ray astronomy can be obtained. These flights would be made under the auspices of the Joint U.S.-Japan Balloon Flight Program at NASA. It is proposed that flights can provide at least 30 hours of observation time per flight for many discrete source candidates and 120 hours for detecting low intensity cosmic gamma ray bursts.
- OSTI ID:
- 5655548
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8006190-
- Journal Information:
- Adv. Space Res.; (United States), Journal Name: Adv. Space Res.; (United States) Vol. 1:11; ISSN ASRSD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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