NASA Press Release: Space Station Experiments to Probe Origins of Elements (Links to an external site)
Which kinds of stellar processes produce which elements? And which kinds of stars are involved? A new experiment called TIGERISS, envisioned for the International Space Station, aims to find out. TIGERISS has been chosen as the latest NASA Astrophysics Pioneers mission. Without the interference from Earth’s atmosphere, the TIGERISS experiment will make higher-resolution measurements and […]
TIGERISS Roars Towards Space Station Spot (Links to an external site)
NASA selects WashU’s experiment concept to probe origins of elements. Physicists from Washington University in St. Louis are developing a new experiment envisioned for the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Astrophysics Pioneers Program. The Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder for the International Space Station (TIGERISS) will be designed to measure the abundances of ultra-heavy […]
37th International Cosmic Ray Conference: Determination of Expected TIGERISS Observations (Links to an external site)
We present the method used to estimate the cosmic-ray observations expected for that the Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder for the International Space Station (TIGERISS), which is designed to measure the abundances of the rare Ultra-Heavy Galactic Cosmic Rays (UHCR) 30Zn and heavier. TIGERISS uses planes of crossed silicon strip detectors at the top and bottom for […]
37th International Cosmic Ray Conference: The Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder for the International Space Station (TIGERISS) (Links to an external site)
TIGERISS is an Ultra-Heavy Galactic Cosmic Ray (UHGCR) detector to be proposed to the NASA Astrophysics Pioneers Program capable of measuring the abundance relative to 26Fe of every element from 5B to 82Pb. It is evolved from the LDB TIGER and SuperTIGER balloon instruments and the Heavy-Nuclei Explorer SMEX, and compared to its predecessors, TIGERISS […]