@article{e547b84a24f449e1a3845566bf2ed5de,
title = "Ballooning of a Thin Superconducting Solenoid for Particle Astrophysics",
abstract = "A thin superconducting solenoid was launched by using a large balloon up to an altitude of 36.5 km in Northern Canada in the summer of 1993 as a core facility for the cosmic ray spectrometer, BESS. The magnet was excited up to 1.0 T in persistent current mode on the ground and was launched being attended with 2.7 G shocks. After 17 hours successful flight, it was discharged on the sky and made a mild descending and landing by using a parachute for recovery. The magnet was safely operated without ploblems during flight in 1993 and contributed to an second observation in the summer of 1994.",
author = "Yasuhiro Makida and Kazuaki Anraku and Jun Suzuki and Akira Yamamoto and Tetsuya Yoshida and Kouji Yoshimura and Ikuo Ueda and Takayuki Saeki and Hiroyuki Matsunaga and Syuji Orito and Mitsuaki Nozaki and Masatoshi Imori and Masakazu Motoki and Nobuyuki Yajima and Righter, {Donald L.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to thank Dr. V. Jones of NASA Headquarters for his sup ort and encour ement. The authors are ateh1 to. NA)SA/GSFC/WFF%alloon office and NSBpfor their professional support. The authors would like to thank KEK and ISAS for continuous ~pport This work partially supported by a Grant for lntemational scientlfic research cooperations in Monbu-sho.",
year = "1995",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1109/77.402634",
language = "English",
volume = "5",
pages = "658--661",
journal = "IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity",
issn = "1051-8223",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
number = "2",
}