2013/08/26 by P. W. Gorham, Peter W. Gorham · 5 citations
Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Balloon #Broad spectrum #COSMIC cancer database #Cosmic ray #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Duration (music) #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #High-energy astronomy #Medicine #Physics #astro-ph.IM
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2013.09.012
published in Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements 243-244, 231-238 (Elsevier BV) · 8 pages, 9 figures, invited contribution to SpacePart12 at CERN; to be published in Nuclear Physics B; minor corrections in this version
arxiv created 2013/08/26 · openalex publication_date 2013/10/01 · arxiv updated 2015/06/17 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
A century after Victor Hess' discovery of cosmic rays, balloon flights still play a central role in the investigation of cosmic rays over nearly their entire spectrum. We report on the current status of NASA balloon program for particle astrophysics, with particular emphasis on the very successful Antarctic long-duration balloon program, and new developments in the progress toward ultra-long duration balloons.