Title :
A Cosmic Ray Isotope Spectrometer
Author :
Althouse, W.E. ; Cummings, A.C. ; Garrard, T.L. ; Mewaldt, R.A. ; Stone, E.C. ; Vogt, R.E.
Author_Institution :
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. CA 91125
fDate :
7/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We describe a new instrument to be flown on ISEE-C which is optimized to measure the isotopic composition of solar and galactic cosmic rays with ~5 to ~250 MeV/nucleon. A mass resolution of <0.3 AMU should be achieved for all elements with charge Z < 30.
Keywords :
Cosmic rays; Detectors; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Isotopes; Nuclear measurements; Particle measurements; Plasma waves; Scattering; Spectroscopy;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGE.1978.294547
