Preliminary measurements of carbon and oxygen energy spectra from the second flight of CREAM

The Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass (CREAM) experiment was successfully flown twice on long-duration balloons from McMurdo, Antarctica, in 2004/05 and 2005/06. During the second flight, the redundant charge identification system of the instrument (based on scintillators and silicon detectors) was upg...

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Main Authors: ZEI, RICCARDO, 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, MAESTRO, PAOLO, A. MALININE, MARROCCHESI, PIER SIMONE, 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, S. Y. ZINN
Other Authors: Zei, Riccardo, 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, Maestro, Paolo, A., Malinine, Marrocchesi, PIER SIMONE, 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, S. Y., Zinn
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11365/6066
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Summary:The Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass (CREAM) experiment was successfully flown twice on long-duration balloons from McMurdo, Antarctica, in 2004/05 and 2005/06. During the second flight, the redundant charge identification system of the instrument (based on scintillators and silicon detectors) was upgraded with the addition of a second layer of pixelated silicon sensors. A measurement of the particle energy was provided by an ionization calorimeter. From the on-going analysis of the data of the second flight, preliminary results on Carbon and Oxygen spectra up to a few TeV/n will be presented.