First detection of He-4 in a sample of interstellar neutral gas collected onboard Mir station

Authors
Buhler, F Bassi, ML Bochsler, P Eugster, O Salerno, E Zastenker, GN Agafonov, YN Gevorkov, LG Eismont, NA Prudkoglyad, AV Khrapchenkov, VV Shvets, NI
Citation
F. Buhler et al., First detection of He-4 in a sample of interstellar neutral gas collected onboard Mir station, ASTRO SP SC, 274(1-2), 2000, pp. 19-24
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
0004640X → ACNP
Volume
274
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
19 - 24
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(2000)274:1-2<19:FDOHIA>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
For the first time, the method of collecting impinging atoms in pretreated foil surfaces during exposure from a spacecraft allowed to detect in the la boratory, after retrieval of the foils, He-4 gas of interstellar origin in the expected concentration.