====== General GRB-Related Information ======


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====== Other Instruments ======

You can find information on Scheduled Space Launches on this page: 
http://www.satelliteonthenet.co.uk/index.php/2015


====== Space Environment ======



===== Particle & CR Environment and Issues =====


^Document Name+Link^Date^Type^Author^Comment^Keywords^
|"World Maps of Constant B, L, and Flux Contours", E. G. Stassinopoulos, NASA SP-3054, Goddard Space Flight Center, 1970 {{:main:stassinopoulos_earth_mag_field_particles.pdf|stassinopoulos.pdf}} |1970|NASA Report|Stassinopoulos|Reference on Space Particle Environment|Particle background, latitude, SAA, electron population, particle contours, high background region, map of radiation belts, van allen belts, cutoff of rigidity,COR|



====== Cosmic Backgrounds ======

===== X-ray =====

===== UV background =====


 is given in [[Media:1987AJ_____94__876O.pdf]]

===== Optical-IR background =====

My favorite plot of space (zodiacal) background opt-NIR is the one by Michael Lampton (though I think aldering's analysis below is better: 

{{ :main:lampton_space_bgnd.png?direct&300 |lampton_space_bgnd.png}}

I believe you can take as definitive Greg Aldering's analysis of space background for SNAP {{:main:aldering01_space_zodi.pdf|aldering01_space_zodi.pdf}} DO NOT USE without attribution!!! (called the "white paper" elsewhere, probably a section of, or a study for the white paper; the original file was just called zodi.ps).  

It is important to understand that the zodi varies depending on angle between sun and pointing.  I *think* in the optical it doesn't vary so much, but don't quote me on that. 
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====== Lya Forest Spectroscopy ======
 

Of interest because high-z grb may provide very bright light sources for very high-z Lyman Alpha Forests.



Some papers to check out some day: 

http://arxiv.org/abs/1309.1477v1      Observational Requirements for Lyman-alpha Forest Tomographic Mapping of Large-Scale Structure at z ~ 2