Progress of the BESS Superconducting Spectrometer

被引:16
作者
Haino, S [1 ]
Abe, K
Anraku, K
Fuke, H
Hams, T
Ikeda, N
Itasaki, A
Izumi, K
Kumazawa, T
Lee, MH
Maeno, T
Makida, Y
Matsuda, S
Matsui, N
Matsumoto, H
Matsumoto, K
Mitchell, JW
Moiseev, AA
Nishimura, J
Nozaki, M
Omiya, H
Orito, S
Ormes, JF
Sanuki, T
Sasaki, M
Seo, ES
Shikaze, Y
Streitmatter, RE
Suzuki, J
Takasugi, Y
Takeuchi, S
Tanaka, K
Taniguchi, T
Tanizaki, K
Yamagami, T
Yamamoto, A
Yamamoto, Y
Yamato, K
Yoshida, T
Yoshimura, K
机构
[1] Univ Tokyo, Tokyo 1130033, Japan
[2] Kobe Univ, Kobe, Hyogo 6578501, Japan
[3] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[4] KEK, High Energy Accelerator Res Org, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050801, Japan
[5] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[6] ISAS, Kanagawa 2298510, Japan
关键词
balloon-borne payload; magnetic-rigidity spectrometer; cosmic ray;
D O I
10.1016/j.nima.2003.10.051
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer (BESS) is a balloon-borne spectrometer to study elementary particle phenomena in the early Universe as well as the origin and the propagation of cosmic radiation. The instrument has a unique feature of a thin superconducting solenoid which enables a large acceptance with a cylindrical configuration. Nine balloon flights have been successfully carried out since 1993. In 2002, the detector was upgraded as the BESS-TeV spectrometer to extend primary cosmic-ray spectra up to 1 TeV. For further studies of low-energy antiprotons, a new spectrometer, BESS-Polar, with a ultra-thin superconducting solenoid is being developed for long duration balloon flights in Antarctica. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:167 / 171
页数:5
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