Measurement of high-energy neutrons at ISS by SEDA-AP

Koga, K.; Goka, T.; Matsumoto, H.; Obara, T.; Muraki, Y.; Yamamoto, T.

doi:doi:10.5194/astra-7-411-2011

Astrophys. Space Sci. Trans., 7, 411-416, 2011
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Volume 7, issue 3

20 Sep 2011

Measurement of high-energy neutrons at ISS by SEDA-AP
K. Koga¹, T. Goka¹, H. Matsumoto¹, T. Obara¹, Y. Muraki², and T. Yamamoto³
¹Tsukuba Space Center, JAXA, Tsukuba, Japan
²Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
³Department of Physics, Konan University, Kobe 658-8501, Japan

Received: 11 Sep 2010 – Revised: 03 Mar 2011 – Accepted: 04 Mar 2011 – Published: 20 Sep 2011

Abstract. A new type of solar neutron detector (NEM) was launched by the space shuttle Endeavour on 16 July 2009 and it began collecting data on 25 August 2009 at the International Space Station (ISS). In this paper we introduce preliminary results obtained by the NEM.

Citation: Koga, K., Goka, T., Matsumoto, H., Obara, T., Muraki, Y., and Yamamoto, T.: Measurement of high-energy neutrons at ISS by SEDA-AP, Astrophys. Space Sci. Trans., 7, 411-416, doi:10.5194/astra-7-411-2011, 2011.

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