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Accession Number:
AD0610154
Title:
A PROGRAM OF RESEARCH FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF COSMIC X-RAYS FROM ROCKET-BORNE INSTRUMENTATION.
Corporate Author:
AMERICAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INC CAMBRIDGE MASS
Report Date:
1964-10-28
Abstract:
Rocket experiments were flown during October 1962 and June 1963 that confirmed the existence of substantial fluxes of soft X-rays in the night sky apparently of galactic origin. There is evidence for more than one distinct source as well as for a background of X-rays. The X-ray detectors used in these experiments consisted of Geiger counters sensitive in the 2 to 8 angstrom range and scintillation counters sensitive in the 0.1 to 1 angstrom range. An additional rocket payload was developed to measure X-ray emission from the Moon extending to 44 angstrom. This payload involved a novel detection scheme that made use of the external photo effect on alkali halide surfaces. Author
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. for 25 May 62-15 Apr 64,
Pages:
0104
Contract Number:
AF19 628 1605
File Size:
0.00MB
