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Search for galactic γ-rays with energies greater than 500 MeV on board OGO-5

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

J. A. M. Bleeker
Affiliation:
Cosmic Ray Working Group, Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Leyden, The Netherlands
J. J. Burger
Affiliation:
Cosmic Ray Working Group, Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Leyden, The Netherlands
A. J. M. Deerenberg
Affiliation:
Cosmic Ray Working Group, Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Leyden, The Netherlands
H. C. Van De Hulst
Affiliation:
Cosmic Ray Working Group, Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Leyden, The Netherlands
A. Scheepmaker
Affiliation:
Cosmic Ray Working Group, Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Leyden, The Netherlands
B. N. Swanenburg
Affiliation:
Cosmic Ray Working Group, Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Leyden, The Netherlands
Y. Tanaka
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

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A cosmic ray detector, sensitive to γ-Rays with energies greater than 500 MeV is being flown on board the OGO-5 satellite. The spacecraft was launched into a highly eccentric orbit, apogee 145000 km, on March 4, 1968. γ-Ray observations are restricted to altitudes higher than 80000 km, thereby excluding interference from the radiation belts and reducing the influence from the earth albedo flux. A description of the instrument is published in the literature (Rogowski et al., 1969).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1970 

References

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