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An experiment to study the nuclear component of primary cosmic rays
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Verma, S. D. Paul, J. M. |
| Copyright Year | 1971 |
| Description | An apparatus has been designed and is being fabricated to study the charge composition, fluxes, and energy spectra of light nuclei in the energy region from 1 GeV to 100 GeV. The apparatus essentially consists of an array of a large number of particle detectors operated in coincidence and serving as a charged particle telescope. A mosaic silicon semiconductor detector, a plastic scintillation counter and a lucite Cerenkov detector are used to measure the charges of the incident nuclei. Two one-inch thick CsI detectors are used to study low energy particles. An ionization spectrometer is utilized to measure primary energies in the 1 to 100 GeV energy interval. A gas Cerenkov counter is being designed to distinguish between electrons and protons. It is planned to calibrate the apparatus at an accelerator using particles of known energy. |
| File Size | 259235 |
| Page Count | 6 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19720005162 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t23c0sx2n |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1971-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Radiation Scintillation Counters Flux Density Nuclei Nuclear Physics Energy Spectra Spectrometers Cerenkov Counters Balloon Flight Cosmic Rays Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
