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

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 missio...

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Published in:Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Main Authors: Park, I H, Ahn, H S, Bok, J B, Ganel, O, Hahn, J H, Han, W, Hyun, H J, Kim, H J, Kim, M Y, Kim, Y J, Lee, J K, Lutz, L, Malinine, A, Min, K W, Nam, S W, Nam, W, Park, H, Park, N H, Seo, E S, Seon, K I, Sone, J H, Yang, J, Zinn, S Y
Language:English
Published: 2004
Subjects:
Detectors and Experimental Techniques
McMurdo Station
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2004.07.147
http://cds.cern.ch/record/903049
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Summary: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.

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