History of Los Alamos Participation in Active Experiments in Space
Los Alamos has a long history of participation in active experiments in space beginning with the Teak nuclear test in 1958. Above-ground nuclear testing stopped in 1962 because of the Partial Test Ban Treaty, and a program of non-nuclear chemical release experiments began in 1968. Los Alamos has par...
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| description | Los Alamos has a long history of participation in active experiments in space beginning with the Teak nuclear test in 1958. Above-ground nuclear testing stopped in 1962 because of the Partial Test Ban Treaty, and a program of non-nuclear chemical release experiments began in 1968. Los Alamos has participated in nearly 100 non-nuclear experiments in space, the last being the NASA-sponsored strontium and europium doped barium thermite releases in the Arecibo beam in July of 1992. The rationale for these experiments ranged from studying basic plasma processes such as gradient- driven structuring and velocity-space instabilities to illuminating the convection of plasmas in the ionosphere and polar cap to ionospheric depletion experiments to the B.E.A.R. 1-MeV neutral particle beam (NPB) test in 1989. This report reviews the objectives, techniques and diagnostics of Los Alamos participation in active experiments in space. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-898c82a809b3476a83e4eed40706ba012022-12-22T02:41:53ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physics2296-424X2018-12-01610.3389/fphy.2018.00144424169History of Los Alamos Participation in Active Experiments in SpaceMorris B. PongratzLos Alamos has a long history of participation in active experiments in space beginning with the Teak nuclear test in 1958. Above-ground nuclear testing stopped in 1962 because of the Partial Test Ban Treaty, and a program of non-nuclear chemical release experiments began in 1968. Los Alamos has participated in nearly 100 non-nuclear experiments in space, the last being the NASA-sponsored strontium and europium doped barium thermite releases in the Arecibo beam in July of 1992. The rationale for these experiments ranged from studying basic plasma processes such as gradient- driven structuring and velocity-space instabilities to illuminating the convection of plasmas in the ionosphere and polar cap to ionospheric depletion experiments to the B.E.A.R. 1-MeV neutral particle beam (NPB) test in 1989. This report reviews the objectives, techniques and diagnostics of Los Alamos participation in active experiments in space.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2018.00144/fullactive experimentsbariumnuclear testplasma instabilitiesCRRESSDIO |
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