The new South Pole air shower experiment - SPASE-2

This paper describes a new coincidence experiment designed to improve understanding of the composition of the primary cosmic-ray beam around the knee of the spectrum. The experiment consists of an air shower array on the surface (SPASE-2), which works in coincidence with an array of air-Cherenkov de...

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Published in:Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Main Authors: J. E. Dickinson, P. A. Evenson, T. K. Gaisser, J. R. Gill, S. P. Hart, J. A. Hinton, J. Lloyd Evans, T. C. Miller, P. A. Ogden, M. Patel, K. Rochester, G. M. Spiczak, T. Stanev, A. A. Watson, MARTELLO, Daniele
Other Authors: J. E., Dickinson, P. A., Evenson, T. K., Gaisser, J. R., Gill, S. P., Hart, J. A., Hinton, J., Lloyd Evan, Martello, Daniele, T. C., Miller, P. A., Ogden, M., Patel, K., Rochester, G. M., Spiczak, T., Stanev, A. A., Watson
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2000
Subjects:
Antarctic
South Pole
The Antarctic
Antarc*
South pole
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11587/374232
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00788-3
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Summary:This paper describes a new coincidence experiment designed to improve understanding of the composition of the primary cosmic-ray beam around the knee of the spectrum. The experiment consists of an air shower array on the surface (SPASE-2), which works in coincidence with an array of air-Cherenkov detectors (VULCAN), and the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) deep in the ice. The experiment must cover the energy range from similar to 10(14) to similar to 3 x 10(16) eV to overlap with direct measurements at lower energy and encompass the regions of the knee and beyond in the cosmic ray spectrum. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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