Published 1982 | Version v1
Book

Ultraheavy cosmic rays - HEAO-3 results

Creators

  • 1. McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

Description

I have been invited to report on results from the experiment on HEAO-3 which was designed to measure the elemental composition of the Ultraheavy cosmic rays, i.e., nuclei with atomic number (or nuclear charge, Z) greater than 30. Before I do that, I want to take a few minutes to remind you why we designed this experiment

Part of:
Conference papers. 17. International cosmic ray conference

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique.
Imprint Place
Paris, France
ISBN
2-7272-0070-6
Imprint Title
Conference papers. 17. International cosmic ray conference
Imprint Pagination
302 p.
Journal Page Range
v. 12 p. 53-65.

Conference

Title
17. International cosmic ray conference.
Dates
13 - 25 Jul 1981.
Place
Paris, France.

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
13712682
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COSMIC RADIATION; ELEMENT ABUNDANCE; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; SATELLITES
Descriptors DEC
IONIZING RADIATIONS; NUCLEI; QUANTITY RATIO; RADIATIONS

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