Status of the ATIC experiment

The ATIC collaboration has constructed a spectrometer for measuring the energy spectra of Galactic cosmic rays with an individual charge resolution from protons to nickel in the energy range from about 5*10 /sup 10/ eV to about 10/sup 14/ eV. In September 1999, the ATIC was calibrated at CERN, and i...

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Main Authors: Zatsepin, V I, Adams, J H, Ahn, S H, Ampe, J, Bashindzhagian, G L, Wagner, D, Wang, J Z, Wefel, J P, Voronin, A G, Wu, J, Ganel, O, Gould, R, Granger, D, Gunasingha, R M, Guzik, T G, Zigura, A, Isbert, J, Case, G, Kara, T, Kim, H J, Kim, K C, Kim, S K, Kuznetsov, E N, Kwon, Y, Lemczyk, T, Panasyuk, M I, Panov, A D, Price, B, Samsonov, G A, Sokolskaya, N V, Sen, M, Seo, E S, Sina, R, Stewart, M, Toptygin, A, Oubre, C D, Fazely, A, Han, Y J, Chang, J, Schmidt, W K H, Ellison, S
Language:English
Published: 2001
Subjects:
Detectors and Experimental Techniques
South Pole
South pole
Online Access:http://cds.cern.ch/record/624947
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Summary:The ATIC collaboration has constructed a spectrometer for measuring the energy spectra of Galactic cosmic rays with an individual charge resolution from protons to nickel in the energy range from about 5*10 /sup 10/ eV to about 10/sup 14/ eV. In September 1999, the ATIC was calibrated at CERN, and is currently ready for operation. The first long-term flight around the South Pole is scheduled for December 2000. (10 refs).

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