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The Heavy Nuclei Experiment on HEAO-3

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Origin of Cosmic Rays

Part of the book series: International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale ((IAUS,volume 94))

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The third High Energy Astronomical Observatory, HEAO-3 was launched on the 20th Sept., 1979 into a 496 km, 43.6 ° orbit, and has since been successfully returning data from all three experiments on board. One of these experiments, that intended to study the heavy and ultra heavy nuclei in the cosmic radiation, is described here.

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  1. McDonnell Douglas Research Laboratories, St. Louis, MO, USA

    W. R. Binns

  2. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    R. Fickle & C. J. Waddington

  3. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

    T. L. Garrard & E. C. Stone

  4. Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA

    M. H. Israel & J. Klarmannd

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  1. University of Bologna and Istituto di Radioastronomia, CNR, Bologna, Italy

    Giancarlo Setti

  2. Istituto Tecnologie e Studio Radiazioni Extraterrestri, CNR, Bologna, Italy

    Gianfranco Spada

  3. Physics Department, University of Durham, UK

    Arnold W. Wolfendale

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Binns, W.R. et al. (1981). The Heavy Nuclei Experiment on HEAO-3. In: Setti, G., Spada, G., Wolfendale, A.W. (eds) Origin of Cosmic Rays. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 94. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8475-2_16

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