Performance of CREAM Calorimeter: Results of Beam Tests

• Main Authors: Ahn, H S, Bagliesi, M G, Beatty, J J, Bigongiari, G, Castellina, A, Childers, J T, Conklin, N B, Coutu, S, Duvernois, M A, Ganel, O, Han, J H, Hyun, H J, Kang, T G, Kim, H J, Kim, K C, Kim, M Y, Kim, T, Kim, Y J, Lee, J K, Lee, M H, Lutz, L, Maestro, P, Malinine, A, Marrocchesi, P S, Mognet, S I, Nam, S W, Nutter, S, Park, N H, Park, H, Seo, E S, Sina, R, Syed, S, Song, C, Swordy, S, Wu, J, Yang, J, Zhang, H Q, Zei, R, Zinn, S Y
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Detectors and Experimental Techniques; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://cds.cern.ch/record/921668

The Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM), a balloon-borne experiment, is under preparation for a flight in Antarctica at the end of 2004. CREAM is planned to measure the energy spectrum and composition of cosmic rays directly at energies between 1 TeV and 1000 TeV. Incident particle energies will be measured by a transition radiation detector and a sampling calorimeter. The calorimeter was constructed at the University of Maryland and tested at CERN in 2003. Performance of the calorimeter during the beam tests is reported.