A DETECTOR FOR COSMIC-RAY NUCLEI AT VERY HIGH-ENERGIES

被引：27

作者：

LHEUREUX, J ^{[1
]}

GRUNSFELD, JM ^{[1
]}

MEYER, P ^{[1
]}

MULLER, D ^{[1
]}

SWORDY, SP ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV CHICAGO,DEPT PHYS,CHICAGO,IL 60637

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 1990年 / 295卷 / 1-2期

基金：

美国国家航空航天局;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1016/0168-9002(90)90444-B

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

We discuss the design and performance of a detector system that was developed to measure the elemental abundance distribution of cosmic-ray nuclei with energies up to several TeV/amu. The low flux of high-energy cosmic rays requires an instrument with large geometric factor, but of reasonably low weight to be carried on the Space Shuttle. To meet these conditions we designed a counter telescope with gas Cherenkov counters and transition radiation detectors for particle energy measurements. Scintillation counters determine the particle's atomic number. We describe design and performance of these individual detectors and their interplay in the instrument. The instrument was flown for eight days in the Spacelab-2 configuration on the Space Shuttle in July/August 1985. © 1990.

引用

页码：246 / 260

页数：15

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