Silicon charge detector for the CREAM experiment

• Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
• Main Authors: S. Coutu, H. S. Ahn, M. H. Lee, S.J. Baek, Eun-Suk Seo, Riccardo Zei, S. Minnick, R. Sina, J. A. Jeon, J. J. Beatty, J.H. Park, J. T. Childers, N.B. Conkin, S. Y. Zinn, J. Wu, Michael DuVernois, Y. S. Yoon, Patrick Allison, Maria Grazia Bagliesi, S. W. Nam, S. P. Wakely, A. Malinine, Paolo Maestro, O. Ganel, S. I. Mognet, K. C. Kim, Gabriele Bigongiari, Jung-Suk Han, N. H. Park, J. Yang, L. Lutz, H. J. Hyun, Inkyu Park, P. J. Boyle, S. L. Nutter, P. S. Marrocchesi, S. P. Swordy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: NEANIAS Space Research Community; Instrumentation; Nuclear and High Energy Physics; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/136305; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.09.056

Abstract The Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) payload had its first successful flight in December 2004 from McMurdo Station, Antarctica as a Long Duration Balloon mission. Its aim is to explore the supernova acceleration limit of cosmic rays, the relativistic gas of protons, electrons and heav...