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A measurement of the energy spectra of cosmic rays from 20 to 1000 gev per amu (Document No: 19980022178)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Derrickson, J. H. Gregory, J. C. Parnell, T. A. Masheder, M. R. W. Austin, R. W. Fowler, P. H. Thoburn, C. Smith, A. E. Petruzzo II, J. J. |
| Copyright Year | 1997 |
| Description | The design features and operational performance from the test flight of the fourth generation of spherical geometry cosmic ray detectors developed at Bristol University (Bristol University Gas Scintillator 4 - BUGS-4) are presented. The flight from Ft. Sumner (NM) in Sept. 1993 was the premier flight of a large (1m radius) spherical drift chamber which also gave gas scintillation and Cerenkov signals. The combinations of this chamber with one gas and two solid Cerenkov radiators lead to a large aperture factor (4.5 m2sr), but low (approximately 3.5 g/sq cm) instrument mass over the energy sensitive range 1 to several hundred GeV/a. Moreover, one simple timing measurement determined the impact parameter which provided a trajectory (path length) correction for all detector elements. This innovative and efficient design will be of interest to experimental groups engaged in studies of energetic charged particles. Although there were technical problems on the flight, which were compounded by the total destruction of BUGS-4 by fire while landing in Oklahoma, there was a period of stable operation during which the instrument was exposed at float altitude (approximately 125,000 ft.) to high energy cosmic rays. We present the performance of the instrument as determined from the analysis of these data and an appraisal of its novel design features. Suggestions for design improvements in a future instrument are made. |
| File Size | 2137253 |
| Page Count | 50 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19980022178 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9w140s7w |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1997-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Radiation Performance Tests Stability Radii Scintillation Counters Energy Spectra Cerenkov Radiation Cerenkov Counters Trajectories Charged Particles Cosmic Rays Energetic Particles 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 |
