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Neutron techniquesThree experimental methods are described which hold the most promise for improved energy resolution, time resolution and sensitivity in the detection of solar neutrons on satellites and/or long duration balloon flights: the neutron calorimeter, the solar neutron track chamber, and the solar neutron decay proton detector. The characteristics of the three methods as to energy range, energy resolution, time resolution, detection efficiency, and physical properties are delineated. Earlier techniques to measure the intensity of high-energy cosmic-ray neutrons at the top of the atmosphere and to search for solar neutrons are described. The past three decades of detector development has now reached the point where it is possible to make comprehensive and detailed measurements of solar neutrons on future space missions.
Document ID
19890040752
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Frye, Glenn M., Jr.
(Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH, United States)
Dunphy, Philip P.
(Case Western Reserve Univ. Cleveland, OH, United States)
Chupp, Edward L.
(New Hampshire, University Durham, United States)
Evenson, Paul
(Delaware, University Newark, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Solar Physics
Volume: 118
Issue: 1-2
ISSN: 0038-0938
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
89A28123
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-534
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-374
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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