Shuttle-flight test of an advanced gamma-ray detection system. Final report, 1 July 1983-31 July 1987
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6622176
The Gamma-Ray Advanced Detector (GRAD) is a gamma-ray detector system consisting of a large-volume, n-type germanium detector with active shielding of bismuth germanate and plastic scintillators. It was diverted from the AFP-675 program to a balloon flight over Antarctica following the Challenger Disaster and the discovery the following year of the supernova 1987A. The present report outlines activities leading to and following the decision to go to Antarctica and summarizes the basic technological results from the project.
- Research Organization:
- Florida Univ., Gainesville (USA). Space Astronomy Lab.
- OSTI ID:
- 6622176
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-198399/8/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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440101* -- Radiation Instrumentation-- General Detectors or Monitors & Radiometric Instruments
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
AIRCRAFT
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
BISMUTH COMPOUNDS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
FLIGHT TESTING
GAMMA RADIATION
GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
GERMANATES
GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLAR REGIONS
PROGRESS REPORT
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATIONS
SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
SHIELDING
SPACE FLIGHT
SPACE SHUTTLES
SPACE VEHICLES
TESTING
VEHICLES
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
AIRCRAFT
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
BISMUTH COMPOUNDS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
FLIGHT TESTING
GAMMA RADIATION
GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
GERMANATES
GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLAR REGIONS
PROGRESS REPORT
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATIONS
SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
SHIELDING
SPACE FLIGHT
SPACE SHUTTLES
SPACE VEHICLES
TESTING
VEHICLES