High Energy Astrophysics Group

APOLLO 15/16

Gamma Ray Spectrometers on two Apollo missions

Publications

Arnold, J.R., Trombka, J.I., Peterson, L.E., Reedy, R.C., and Metzger, A.E., "Lunar Orbital Gamma-Ray Measurements from Apollo 15 and Apollo 16", Space Research XIII, 927, (1972).

Metzger, A.E., Trombka, J.I., Peterson, L.E., Reedy, R.C., and Arnold, J.R., "Lunar Surfaces Radioactivity: Preliminary Results of the Apollo 15 and 16 Gamma-Ray Spectrometer Experiments", Science, 179, 800, (1973).

Trombka, J.I., Metzger, A.E., Arnold, J.R., Matteson, J.L., Reedy, R.C., and Peterson, L.E., "The Cosmic Gamma-Ray Spectrum Between 0.3 and 27 MeV Measured on the Apollo 15, Ap. J., 181, 737, (1973).

Harrington, T.M., Marshall, J.H., Arnold, J.R., Peterson, L.E., Trombka, J.I., and Metzger, A.E., "The Apollo Gamma-Ray Spectrometer", Nuclear Instruments and Methods, 118, 401, (1974).

Metzger, A.E., Parker, R.H., Gilman, D., Peterson, L.E., and Trombka, J.I., "Observation of a Cosmic Gamma-Ray Burst on Apollo 16 - Part 1:Temporal Variability and Energy Spectrum", Ap. J., 194, L19, (1974).

 

Apollo 15/16 Information

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