NSSDCA ID: 1969-053A-10
Mission Name: IMP-GThis experiment used a dE/dx vs E telescope with thin and thick CsI scintillators (one each) and an anticoincidence plastic scintillation counter. The telescope axis was parallel to the spacecraft spin axis. Counts of particles penetrating the thin CsI scintillator and stopping in the thick CsI scintillator were accumulated for two 4.48-s intervals each 2.73 min. The relative contribution to the count rate of various species (electrons between 2.7 and 21.5 MeV, nuclei with charge = 1 or 2, atomic mass = 1, 2, 3, or 4, and energy between 18.7 and 81.6 MeV/nucleon) and energy spectral information were determined by 1024-channel pulse-height analysis performed simultaneously on the output of both CsI scintillators 16 times every 2.73 min. In addition, counts of electrons between 0.3 and 0.9 MeV stopping in the thin scintillator were also obtained once each 2.73 min. The experiment functioned well.
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Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Dr. George H. Ludwig | Other Investigator | NOAA Environmental Research Laboratories | |
Dr. Frank B. McDonald | Principal Investigator | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |