Preliminary results from the second flight of CREAM

Launched from McMurdo (Antarctica) in December 2005, the balloon experiment CREAM (cosmic ray energetics and mass) collected about 15 million triggers during its second flight of 28 days. Redundant charge identification, by two pixelated silicon arrays and a time resolved pulse shaping technique fro...

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Published in:Advances in Space Research
Main Authors: MARROCCHESI, PIER SIMONE, H. S. AHN, P. ALLISON, BAGLIESI, MARIA GRAZIA, L. BARBIER, J. J. BEATTY, BIGONGIARI, GABRIELE, T. J. BRANDT, J. T. CHILDERS, N. B. CONKLIN, S. COUTU, M. A. DUVERNOIS, O. GANEL, J. H. HAN, J. A. JEON, K. C. KIM, M. H. LEE, L. LUTZ, MAESTRO, PAOLO, A. MALININE, S. MINNICK, S. I. MOGNET, S. W. NAM, S. NUTTER, I. H. PARK, N. H. PARK, E. S. SEO, R. SINA, P. WALPOLE, J. WU, J. YANG, Y. S. YOON, ZEI, RICCARDO, S. Y. ZINN
Other Authors: Marrocchesi, PIER SIMONE, H. S., Ahn, P., Allison, Bagliesi, MARIA GRAZIA, L., Barbier, J. J., Beatty, Bigongiari, Gabriele, T. J., Brandt, J. T., Childer, N. B., Conklin, S., Coutu, M. A., Duvernoi, O., Ganel, J. H., Han, J. A., Jeon, K. C., Kim, M. H., Lee, L., Lutz, Maestro, Paolo, A., Malinine, S., Minnick, S. I., Mognet, S. W., Nam, S., Nutter, I. H., Park, N. H., Park, E. S., Seo, R., Sina, P., Walpole, J., Wu, J., Yang, Y. S., Yoon, Zei, Riccardo, S. Y., Zinn
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Balloon measurement
Cosmic ray
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11365/30071
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2007.02.052
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117707001524
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Summary:Launched from McMurdo (Antarctica) in December 2005, the balloon experiment CREAM (cosmic ray energetics and mass) collected about 15 million triggers during its second flight of 28 days. Redundant charge identification, by two pixelated silicon arrays and a time resolved pulse shaping technique from a scintillator system, allowed a clear signature of the primary nuclei. The energy was measured with a tungsten/SciFi calorimeter preceded by a graphite target. Preliminary results from the analysis of the data of the second flight are presented.

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