ISSN:
1572-9508
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract A Radiation Belt Monitor (RBM) sensitive to protons and electrons with energy ≳0.5 MeV1 has been designed for the High Energy Transient Experiment (HETE) satellite in order to: first, control the on-off configuration of the experiments (i.e. those susceptible to proton damage); and second, to indicate the presence of proton and/or electron events that could masquerade as legitimate high energy photon events. One of the two RBM channels has an enhanced sensitivity to electrons. Each channel of the RBM, based on a PIN silicon diode, requires a typical power of 6 milliwatts. Tests have been performed with protons with energies from ∼0.1 to 2.5 MeV (generated by a Cockcroft-Walton linear accelerator via the d(d,p)t reaction), and with electrons with energies up to 1 MeV (from a 1.0 µCi207Bi source).
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01581814
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