--------------------------------------------------------- NSSDC Master Catalog Display Experiment --------------------------------------------------------- Cosmic Ray System (CRS) NSSDC ID: 77-084A-08 Mission Name: Voyager 1 Principal Investigator: Stone ------------------- Experiment mass: 7.50 kg Average experiment power: 5.35 W ------------------- Description This investigation studied the origin and acceleration process, life history, and dynamic contribution of interstellar cosmic rays, the nucleosynthesis of elements in cosmic-ray sources, the behavior of cosmic rays in the interplanetary medium, and the trapped planetary energetic-particle environment. The instrumentation included a High-Energy Telescope System (HETS) and a Low-Energy Telescope System (LETS). The HETS covered an energy range between 6 and 500 MeV/nucleon for nuclei ranging in atomic numbers from 1 through 30. In addition, electrons in the energy range between 3 and 100 MeV/nucleon were measured by this telescope and an electron telescope. The LETS measured the energy and determined the identity of nuclei for energies between 0.15 and 30 MeV/nucleon and atomic numbers from 1 to 30. The instruments also measured the anisotropies of electrons and nuclei. In addition, electrons in the energy range between 3 and 100 MeV/nucleon were measured by an electron telescope. ------------------- Discipline(s) Astronomy/Cosmic Ray Planetary Science/Fields and Particles Space Physics/Heliospheric Studies --------------------------------------------------------- NSSDC Master Catalog Display Experiment Personnel --------------------------------------------------------- Cosmic Ray System (CRS) NSSDC ID: 77-084A-08 Principal Investigator Prof. Edward C. Stone, Jr. Mail Code 220-47 Downs Laboratory California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 91125 Electronic Mail ECS@CITSRL.CALTECH.EDU (INTERNET) HAMLET::ESTONE (NSI/DECNET) ----- Co-Investigator Dr. Frank B. McDonald Institute for Physical Science and Technology University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Electronic Mail SM27@UMAIL.UMD.EDU (INTERNET) EAST::"SM27@UMAIL.UMD.EDU" (NSI/DECNET) ----- Dr. James H. Trainor GSFC-Code 100 ----- Dr. James H. Trainor GSFC-Code 100 ----- Prof. William R. Webber Department of Astronomy University of New Hampshire Box 30001/ Dept 4500 Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001 Electronic Mail BWEBBER@NMSU.EDU (INTERNET) ----- Prof. Jack R. Jokipii Department of Planetary Sciences University of Arizona 411 Space Science Building Tucson, AZ 85721 Electronic Mail JOKIPII@ARIZJVAX (BITNET) JOKIPII@LPL.ARIZONA.EDU (INTERNET) LOONEY::JOKIPII (NSI/DECNET) ----- NSSDC Contact Dr. Edwin V. Bell, II Hughes STX Corporation Suite 400 7701 Greenbelt Road Greenbelt, MD 20770 Electronic Mail BELL@NSSDC (BITNET) BELL@NSSDC.GSFC.NASA.GOV (INTERNET) NSSDCA::BELL (NSI/DECNET) ----- Former Principal Investigator Dr. Rochus E. Vogt Department of Physics, Code 220-47 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 91125 ----- --------------------------------------------------------- NSSDC Master Catalog Display Experiment Selected References --------------------------------------------------------- Cosmic Ray System (CRS) NSSDC ID: 77-084A-08 1. Burlaga, L. F., McDonald, F. B., Goldstein, M. L., and Lazarus, A. J., Cosmic ray modulation and turbulent interaction regions near 11 au, J. Geophys. Res., 90, No. A12, 12027-12039, Dec. 1985. 2. Schardt, A. W., and Goertz, C. K., High-energy particles, In--Physics of the Jovian Magnetosphere, edited by A. J. Dessler, pp. 157--196, Cambridge U. Press., Cambridge, UK, 1983. 3. Schardt, A. W., and McDonald, F. B., Flux and source of energetic protons in Saturn's inner magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 88, No. A11, 8923-8935, Nov. 1983. 4. Stone, E. C., Vogt, R. E., McDonald, F. B., Teegarden, B. J., Trainor, J. H., Jokipii, J. R., and Webber, W. R., Cosmic ray investigation for the Voyager missions; energetic particle studies in the outer heliosphere--and beyond, Space Sci. Rev., 12, No. 3, 355-376, Dec. 1977. 5. Vogt, R. E., Cook, W. R., Cummings, A. C., Garrard, T. L., Gehrels, N., Stone, E. C., Trainor, J. H., Schardt, A. W., Conlon, T., Lal, N., and McDonald, F. B., Voyager 1: Energetic ions and electrons in the Jovian magnetosphere, Science, 204, No. 4396, 1003-1006, June 1979. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For questions about this experiment, please contact: Dr. Edwin V. Bell, II, bell@nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov For questions about the NSSDC's information systems, please contact: Dr. James Thieman, thieman@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov, (301)286-9790 National Space Science Data Center, Code 633.2 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NASA Official: J. H. King, king@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov Last Updated: 1996-03-08 Output Generated: 1997-01-12 Programming by: E. V. Bell, II