Heavy ion beam test results of the silicon charge detector for the CREAM cosmic ray balloon mission

I. H. Park, H. S. Ahn, J. B. Bok, O. Ganel, J. H. Hahn, W. Han, H. J. Hyun, H. J. Kim, M. Y. Kim, Y. J. Kim, J. K. Lee, J. K. Lee, L. Lutz, K. W. Min, A. Malinine, S. W. Nam, W. Nam, H. Park, N. H. Park, E. S. SeoK. I. Seon, J. H. Sone, J. Yang, S. Y. Zinn

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Abstract

The Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) experiment is designed to measure cosmic ray elemental spectra to help understand the source and acceleration mechanisms of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. The payload is planned to launch in December 2004 from McMurdo Station, Antarctica as a balloon mission. A Silicon Charge Detector (SCD) was designed and constructed for the CREAM experiment to provide precision charge measurements of incident cosmic rays with a resolution of 0.2 charge unit or better. The SCD was exposed to heavy ion beams at CERN's H2 beam line in November 2003. The results reported here show the SCD performs as designed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)158-161
Number of pages4
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume535
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Dec 2004
EventProceedings of the 10th International Viennna Conference - Vienna, Austria
Duration: 16 Feb 200421 Feb 2004

Keywords

  • Charge measurement
  • Cosmic ray
  • Silicon detector

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