A balloon-borne ionization spectrometer with very large aperture for the detection of high energy cosmic rays

A balloon experiment which was used to determine the chemical composition of very high energy cosmic rays up to and beyond 100 GeV /nucleon is described. The detector had a geometric factor of 1 m/sup 2/ sr and a total weight on the balloon of 2100 kg. The apparatus consisted of an ionization spectr...

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Autores principales: Atallah, K, Cleghorn, T F, Modlinger, A, Schmidt, W K H
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1975
Materias:
Nuclear Physics
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0029-554X(75)90598-4
http://cds.cern.ch/record/873295
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author Atallah, K
Cleghorn, T F
Modlinger, A
Schmidt, W K H
author_facet Atallah, K
Cleghorn, T F
Modlinger, A
Schmidt, W K H
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description A balloon experiment which was used to determine the chemical composition of very high energy cosmic rays up to and beyond 100 GeV /nucleon is described. The detector had a geometric factor of 1 m/sup 2/ sr and a total weight on the balloon of 2100 kg. The apparatus consisted of an ionization spectrometer, spark chambers, and plastic scintillation and Cherenkov counters. It was calibrated at CERN up to 24 GeV/c protons and at DESY up to 7 GeV/c electrons. In October 1972 it was flown successfully on a stratospheric balloon. (9 refs).
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spelling cern-8732952019-09-30T06:29:59Zdoi:10.1016/0029-554X(75)90598-4http://cds.cern.ch/record/873295engAtallah, KCleghorn, T FModlinger, ASchmidt, W K HA balloon-borne ionization spectrometer with very large aperture for the detection of high energy cosmic raysNuclear PhysicsA balloon experiment which was used to determine the chemical composition of very high energy cosmic rays up to and beyond 100 GeV /nucleon is described. The detector had a geometric factor of 1 m/sup 2/ sr and a total weight on the balloon of 2100 kg. The apparatus consisted of an ionization spectrometer, spark chambers, and plastic scintillation and Cherenkov counters. It was calibrated at CERN up to 24 GeV/c protons and at DESY up to 7 GeV/c electrons. In October 1972 it was flown successfully on a stratospheric balloon. (9 refs).oai:cds.cern.ch:8732951975
spellingShingle Nuclear Physics
Atallah, K
Cleghorn, T F
Modlinger, A
Schmidt, W K H
A balloon-borne ionization spectrometer with very large aperture for the detection of high energy cosmic rays
title A balloon-borne ionization spectrometer with very large aperture for the detection of high energy cosmic rays
title_full A balloon-borne ionization spectrometer with very large aperture for the detection of high energy cosmic rays
title_fullStr A balloon-borne ionization spectrometer with very large aperture for the detection of high energy cosmic rays
title_full_unstemmed A balloon-borne ionization spectrometer with very large aperture for the detection of high energy cosmic rays
title_short A balloon-borne ionization spectrometer with very large aperture for the detection of high energy cosmic rays
title_sort balloon-borne ionization spectrometer with very large aperture for the detection of high energy cosmic rays
topic Nuclear Physics
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0029-554X(75)90598-4
http://cds.cern.ch/record/873295
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