The WiZard CAPRICE silicon tungsten calorimeter

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作者
Bocciolini, M
Celletti, F
Finetti, N
Grandi, M
Papini, P
Perego, A
Piccardi, S
Spillantini, P
Bidoli, V
Candusso, M
Casolino, M
DePascale, MP
Morselli, A
Picozza, P
Sparvoli, R
Basini, G
Mazzenga, G
Ricci, M
Bronzini, F
Barbiellini, G
Boezio, M
Bravar, U
Fratnik, F
Schiavon, P
Vacchi, A
Zampa, N
机构
[1] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, LAB NAZL FRASCATI, I-00044 FRASCATI, ITALY
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-50125 FLORENCE, ITALY
[3] UNIV FLORENCE, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, FLORENCE, ITALY
[4] UNIV ROMA TOR VERGATA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-00173 ROME, ITALY
[5] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, ROME, ITALY
[6] UNIV ROMA LA SAPIENZA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-00185 ROME, ITALY
[7] UNIV TRIESTE, DIPARTMENTO FIS, I-34127 TRIESTE, ITALY
[8] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, TRIESTE, ITALY
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10.1016/0168-9002(95)00841-1
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A silicon-tungsten calorimeter has been developed to be flown in the WiZard/CAPRICE balloon borne experiment to measure the flux of antiprotons, positrons and light nuclei in the cosmic radiation. The calorimeter is composed of 8 x, y silicon sampling planes [active area (48 x 48) cm(2)] interleaved with 7 tungsten absorbers (7 radiation lengths); it provides the topology of the interacting events together with an independent measurement of the deposited energy. Details of the front-end electronics and of the read-out system are given and the overall performances during pre-flight ground operations are described as well.
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