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36.311 UG GREEN UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Dual-channel Extreme Ultraviolet Continuum Experiment (DEUCE)
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DEUCE aims to directly measure the amount of the Lyman continuum (LyC) radiation that is being produced by early B stars in our own galaxy, the Milky Way. One of the major questions for modern astrophysics is how and when galaxies first formed and how did their formation "feedback" into their circumgalactic environments to modify early galaxy formation during the Epoch of Reionization at z = 6—11.
DEUCE will observe the only two non-white-dwarf stars in our own galaxy known to have a sufficiently low neutral hydrogen column density to measure their ionizing radiation directly: Beta Canis Major (βCMa) and Epsilon Canis Major (εCMa).
The Principal Investigator is Dr. Green, University of Colorado.
The Black Brant 9 is a two stage sounding rocket with a Terrier first stage and Black Brant second stage. The Black Brant 9 can reach altitudes of about 600 km. Payloads weighing from 400 to 1200 pounds can be flown.
The DEUCE mission is scheduled for launch from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
