SILICON CALORIMETER FOR COSMIC ANTIMATTER SEARCH

被引:13
作者
BOCCIOLINI, M
CELLETTI, F
GRANDI, M
PEREGO, A
SPILLANTINI, P
BASINI, G
BONGIORNO, F
BRANCACCIO, FM
RICCI, M
BRUNETTI, MT
CODINO, A
MENICHELLI, M
MIOZZA, M
SALVATORI, I
BIDOLI, V
CANDUSSO, M
CASOLINO, M
DEFABRITIIS, C
DEPASCALE, MP
MORSELLI, A
PICOZZA, P
BUCCHERI, A
INCICCHITTI, A
PROSPERI, D
BARBIELLINI, G
BOEZIO, M
FRATNIK, F
SCHIAVON, P
VACCHI, A
ZAMPA, N
机构
[1] INFN,FLORENCE,ITALY
[2] INFN,LAB NAZL FRASCATI,FRASCATI,ITALY
[3] UNIV PERUGIA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-06100 PERUGIA,ITALY
[4] INFN,PERUGIA,ITALY
[5] UNIV ROMA TOR VERGATA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,ROME,ITALY
[6] INFN,SEZ 2,ROME,ITALY
[7] UNIV ROMA LA SAPIENZA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-00185 ROME,ITALY
[8] UNIV ROMA LA SAPIENZA,DIPARTIMENTO METODI & MODELLI MATEMAT,I-00185 ROME,ITALY
[9] INFN,ROME,ITALY
[10] INFN,TRIESTE,ITALY
[11] UNIV TRIESTE,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-34127 TRIESTE,ITALY
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D O I
10.1016/0920-5632(93)90011-T
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
The silicon sampling calorimeter presented is conceived as a fine grained imaging device to carry out studies of the anti-matter component in the primary cosmic radiation; it will be used in balloon payload program starting in 1993. The first sampling layer (48x48 cm2) of this silicon calorimeter has been completed and successfully tested. We report the first results form studies performed at the CERN PS t7 beam. The complete calorimeter contains 20 xy sampling layers (strip pitch 3.6 mm) interleaved with 19 showering material planes (tungsten 0.5 X0). This allows to picture the transverse distributions of the shower in both coordinates at each sampling. The outstanding imaging capabilities reflects in high particle identification power. Preliminary results from beam tests performed with antiprotons at 3.5 GeV on a tower prototype of the calorimeter are reported.
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页数:6
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