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At present, the Institute of Nuclear Physics of Moscow State University, in cooperation with other organizations, is preparing space experiments onboard the Lomonosov satellite. The main goal of this mission is to study extreme astrophysical phenomena such as cosmic gamma-ray bursts and ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. These phenomena are associated with the processes occurring in the early universe in very distant astrophysical objects, therefore, they can provide information on the first stages of the evolution of the universe. This paper considers the main characteristics of the scientific equipment aboard the Lomonosov satellite.
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Original Russian Text © V.A. Sadovnichiy, A.M. Amelyushkin, V. Angelopoulos, V.V. Bengin, V.V. Bogomolov, G.K. Garipov, E.S. Gorbovskoy, B. Grossan, P.A. Klimov, B.A. Khrenov, J. Lee, V.M. Lipunov, G.W. Na, M. I. Panasyuk, I.H. Park, V.L. Petrov, C.T. Russell, S.I. Svertilov, E.A. Sigaeva, G.F. Smoot, Yu. Shprits, N.N. Vedenkin, I V. Yashin, 2013, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2013, Vol. 51, No. 6, pp. 470–477.
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Sadovnichiy, V.A., Amelyushkin, A.M., Angelopoulos, V. et al. Space experiments aboard the Lomonosov MSU satellite. Cosmic Res 51, 427–433 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952513060063
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