Title :
Experimental Characterization of an Atmospheric Environment With a Stratospheric Balloon
Author :
Wrobel, Fr?©d?©ric ; Vaill?©, Jean-Roch ; Pantel, Denis ; Dilillo, Luigi ; Rech, Paolo ; Galli?¨re, Jean-Marc ; Touboul, Antoine ; Chadoutaud, Pierre ; Cocquerez, Philippe ; Lacourty, Michel ; Lam-Trong, Thien ; Autran, Jean-Luc ; Chatry, Christian ; Lapl
Author_Institution :
Univ. Montpellier II, Montpellier, France
fDate :
6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We report a stratospheric flight with a CNES balloon for which we developed a silicon detector in order to obtain data on the atmospheric radiation environment. The number of detected protons is shown to be directly correlated with the altitude. Simulations with the MC-ORACLE code, which uses pre-calculated fluxes with QARM, are in good agreement with our experimental results.
Keywords :
aerospace simulation; atmospheric radiation; balloons; silicon; CNES balloon; MC-ORACLE code; QARM; atmospheric radiation environment; pre-calculated fluxes; silicon detector; stratospheric balloon; stratospheric flight; Atmospheric modeling; Detectors; Instruments; Ionization; Neutrons; Protons; Silicon; Cosmic rays; QARM; neutrons; protons; real-time test; stratospheric balloons;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Conference_Location :
5/5/2011 12:00:00 AM
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2011.2136359
