Energetic neutron and gamma-ray spectra under the Earth Radiation Belts according to "salute-7"-"kosmos-1686" orbital complex and "Coronas-I" satellite data

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1801-1804

  Bogomolov, A V ^a   Dmitriev, A V ^a   Myagkova, I N ^a   Ryumin, S P ^a   Smirnovaand, O N ^b   Sobolevsky, I M ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; GAMMA RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LONG DURATION; MANNED; NEUTRON; RADIATION MONITORING; SALYUT 7 PROJECT; SPACE FLIGHT;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; SALYUT 7 PROJECT;

COSMIC RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; NEUTRONS; RADIATION MONITORING; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0032227201     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(98)00071-4     Document Type: Article

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