ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS DURING THE BANSHEE SERIES,
Abstract
Electromagnetic (EM) monitoring systems were assembled and operated during a portion of the BANSHEE test series at the White Sands Missile Range in the summer of 1961, to record the EM signals resulting from the detonations and to correlate this EM data with the photographic record of the fireball growth rate in an attempt to validate the 'magnetic bubble' EM generation theory. Each of the two EM monitoring systems, which had been operationally checked during the Pre-BANSHEE detonation at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in May of 1961, consisted of three mutually orthogonal loop antennas, low level amplifiers and matching networks, and multi-channel tape recorders. No discernible EM signals from the monitored detonations have been found in an analysis of the records of those events. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 30, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0600665
Entities
People
- Charles S. Fitzgerald
- Clyde B. Dobbie
Organizations
- EG&G