Title of article
Performance of the HEAT spectrometer for cosmic ray electrons and positrons
Author/Authors
Müller، نويسنده , , Dietrich and Barwick، نويسنده , , S.W. and Beatty، نويسنده , , J.J and Bower، نويسنده , , C.R and Chaput، نويسنده , , C and Coutu، نويسنده , , G.A. de Nolfo، نويسنده , , E and Ellithorpe، نويسنده , , D and Ficenec، نويسنده , , D and Lowder، نويسنده , , D.M and McKee، نويسنده , , S and Müller، نويسنده , , D and Musser، نويسنده , , J.A and Nutter، نويسنده , , S.L. and Schneider، نويسنده , , E and Swordy، نويسنده , , S.P. and Tang، نويسنده , , K.K and Tarlé، نويسنده , , A. and Tomasch، نويسنده , , A.D and Torbet، نويسنده , , E، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1995
Pages
5
From page
71
To page
75
Abstract
A new detector system for observations of cosmic ray electrons and positrons has been flown on a high altitude balloon in May 1994. The instrumentation includes a superconducting magnet and a drift tube hodoscope for the measurement of particle rigidities, and a combination of transition radiation detectors, shower counters and a time-of-flight system for particle identification and energy measurement. We will discuss the performance of the individual components and demonstrate that a reliable identification of the rare positron component has been achieved up to 50 GeV.
Journal title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Serial Year
1995
Journal title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Record number
1996292
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