Gamma-ray spectrometer experiment on the solar maximum mission satellite. Semiannual progress report, 16 April-15 November 1986

Technical Report · Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6569736

Chupp, E L

The major activities summarized include: Gamma-Ray Spectrometer (GRS) instrument response and flight operation; solar flare studies; cosmic gamma-ray studies; summary of computer operations; search for flare-precursor protons; diffuse galactic annihilation radiation; cosmic ray bursts; atmospheric gamma ray spectrum; gamma ray line emission from supernovae and novae; improved angular resolutions using Earth occultation; and production processing of NASA IPD data. In addition, an updated list of published papers and invited papers or contributed papers presented at scientific meetings is provided.

• Research Organization: New Hampshire Univ., Durham (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6569736
• Report Number(s): N-87-18504; NASA-CR-180174; NAS-1.26:180174; TRN: 87-019128
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
EMISSION SPECTRA
GAMMA SPECTROMETERS
RESPONSE FUNCTIONS
SOLAR FLARES
GAMMA RADIATION
SUPERNOVAE
DATA PROCESSING
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
COSMIC RADIATION
DATA
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS
FUNCTIONS
INFORMATION
IONIZING RADIATIONS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NUMERICAL DATA
PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION
PROCESSING
RADIATIONS
SOLAR ACTIVITY
SPECTRA
SPECTROMETERS
STARS
VARIABLE STARS
640101* - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Cosmic Radiation
640102 - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Stars & Quasi-Stellar
Radio & X-Ray Sources
640104 - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Solar Phenomena