Gamma radiation background measurements from Spacelab 2. Annual report
Paciesas, W.S.; Gregory, J.C.; Fishman, G.J.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Huntsville, AL (USA). George C. Marshall Space Flight Center1988
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Huntsville, AL (USA). George C. Marshall Space Flight Center1988
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[en] A Nuclear Radiation Monitor incorporating a NaI(Tl) scintillation detector was flown as part of the verification flight instrumentation on the Spacelab 2 mission, July 29 to August 6, 1985. Gamma-ray spectra were measured with better than 20 s resolution throughout most of the mission in the energy range 0.1 to 30 MeV. Knowledge of the decay characteristics and the geomagnetic dependence of the counting rates enable measurement of the various components of the Spacelab gamma-ray background: prompt secondary radiation, Earth albedo, and delayed induced radioactivity. The status of the data analysis and present relevant examples of typical background behavior are covered
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1988; 10 p; NASA-CR--183782; NAS--1.26:183782; NTIS, PC A02/MF A01
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Numerical Data; Progress Report
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