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ASTROMAG: A superconducting particle astrophysics magnet facility for the space stationThis paper describes a superconducting magnet system which is the heart of a particle astrophysics facility to be mounted on a portion of the proposed NASA space station. This facility will complete the studies done by the electromagnetic observatories now under development and construction by NASA. The paper outlines the selection process of the type of magnet to be used to analyze the energy and momentum of charged particles from deep space. The ASTROMAG superconducting magnet must meet all the criteria for a shuttle launch and landing, and it must meet safety standards for use in or near a manned environment such as the space station. The magnet facility must have a particle gathering aperture of at least 1 square meter steradian and the facility should be capable of resolving heavy nuclei with a total energy of 10 Tev or more.
Document ID
19870010010
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Green, M. A. (California Univ. Berkeley. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., United States)
Smoot, G. F. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Golden, R. L. (New Mexico State Univ. Las Cruces, United States)
Israel, M. H. (Washington Univ. St. Louis, Mo., United States)
Kephart, R. (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. Batavia, Ill., United States)
Niemann, R. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Mewalt, R. A. (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, United States)
Ormes, J. F. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Spillantini, P. (Florence Univ. Italy)
Widenbeck, M. E. (Chicago Univ. Ill., United States)
Date Acquired
September 5, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1986
Subject Category
Spacecraft Instrumentation
Report/Patent Number
DE87-002574
LBL-22343
NASA-TM-89277
NAS 1.15:89277
CONF-860914-10
Accession Number
87N19443
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: DE-AC03-76SF-00098
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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