Improving cosmic ray composition determination through better tracking

被引：0
作者：
Ganel, O [1 ]
Seo, ES [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Maryland, Inst Phys Sci & Technol, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
来源：
SUN AND SIMILAR STARS/COSMIC RAY SPECTRA AND COMPOSITION | 2001年 / 26卷 / 11期
关键词：
D O I：
暂无
中图分类号：
V [航空、航天];
学科分类号：
08 ; 0825 ;
摘要：
Several experiments now under construction or in various stages of study are intended to improve cosmic ray composition measurements through element (or element group) identification. To achieve this, some form of finely segmented (pixel) charge detector will be used to reduce the effects of back-scattered particles on the measurement. These experiments will utilize 'tracking calorimeters' to reconstruct the trajectory of high-energy cosmic particles through the charge measurement device to identify the correct pixel. As an example, the Advanced Cosmic-ray Composition Experiment on the Space Station, a mission currently being studied, is aimed at obtaining more precise measurements, above the atmosphere, of the element-by-element (H - U) fluxes of cosmic ray particles at the limiting energies expected from supernova shocks. The expected energy reach is 10(15) eV for H - Fe but less than 10(10) eV for the heavier nuclei, which do not depend on the calorimeter. The following describes a tracking algorithm based on information from the calorimeter, scintillators, and charge detector, suggests some design choices, and estimates the expected tracking resolution for this experiment. (C) 2001 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
引用
收藏
页码：1835 / 1838
页数：4
相关论文
共 50 条
[41]   Improving Reliability Through Better Models [J].
Overholt, Philip ;
Kosterev, Dmitry ;
Eto, Joseph ;
Yang, Steve ;
Lesieutre, Bernard .
IEEE POWER & ENERGY MAGAZINE, 2014, 12 (03) :44-51
[42]   On the way to the determination of the cosmic ray mass composition by the Pierre Auger Fluorescence Detector: The 'Minimum Momentum Method' [J].
Aramo, C ;
Ambrosio, M ;
Donalek, C ;
D'Urso, D ;
Erlykin, AD ;
Guarino, F ;
Insolia, A ;
Longo, G ;
Tagliaferri, R .
PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THINKING, OBSERVING AND MINING THE UNIVERSE, 2004, :13-20
[43]   Toward a better determination of dairy powders surface composition through XPS matrices development [J].
Nikolova, Y. ;
Petit, J. ;
Sanders, C. ;
Gianfrancesco, A. ;
Scher, J. ;
Gaiani, C. .
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES, 2015, 125 :12-20
[44]   ECCO: The Extremely Heavy Cosmic Ray Composition Observer [J].
Westphal, AJ ;
Budinoff, J ;
Collins, CM ;
Eby, R ;
Lewis, R ;
Park, EA ;
Sauerwein, TA ;
Barbier, LM ;
Carter, RC ;
Lin, CL ;
Solarz, M ;
Weaver, BA ;
Yun, DD ;
Zaerpoor, K .
SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL FORUM, PTS 1 AND 2, 2000, 504 :193-198
[45]   COSMIC-RAY COMPOSITION AT HIGH-ENERGIES [J].
YODH, GB .
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY, 1981, 26 (04) :559-559
[46]   The cosmic ray composition between 1014 and 1016 eV [J].
Glasmacher, MAK ;
Catanese, MA ;
Chantell, MC ;
Covault, C ;
Cronin, JW ;
Fick, BE ;
Fortson, LF ;
Fowler, JW ;
Green, KD ;
Kieda, DB ;
Matthews, J ;
Newport, BJ ;
Nitz, DF ;
Ong, RA ;
Oser, S ;
Sinclair, D ;
van der Velde, JC .
ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS, 1999, 12 (1-2) :1-17
[47]   Cosmic ray composition at high energies: The TRACER project [J].
Boyle, P. J. .
ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH, 2008, 42 (03) :409-416
[48]   Cosmic ray spectrum, composition, and anisotropy measured with IceCube [J].
Tamburro, Alessio .
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 2014, 742 :35-41
[49]   Cosmic ray composition studies with the Pierre Auger Observatory [J].
Boncioli, Denise .
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 2014, 742 :22-28
[50]   Cosmic ray composition around the knee energy region [J].
Bhadra, A. ;
Sanyal, S. .
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 29TH INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, VOL 6: HE 1.1, 1.2 & 1.3, 2005, :137-140
12345