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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 158-161 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
Volume | 535 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 11 Dec 2004 |
Event | Proceedings of the 10th International Viennna Conference - Vienna, Austria Duration: 16 Feb 2004 → 21 Feb 2004 |
Keywords
- Charge measurement
- Cosmic ray
- Silicon detector