Author/Authors :
Dickinson، نويسنده , , J.E. and Evenson، نويسنده , , P.A. and Gaisser، نويسنده , , T.K. and Gill، نويسنده , , J.R. and Hart، نويسنده , , S.P. and Hinton، نويسنده , , J.A. and Lloyd-Evans، نويسنده , , Natalie J. and Martello، نويسنده , , D. and Miller، نويسنده , , T.C. and Ogden، نويسنده , , P.A. and Patel، نويسنده , , M. and Rochester، نويسنده , , K. and Spiczak، نويسنده , , G.M. and Stanev، نويسنده , , T. and Watson، نويسنده , , A.A.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
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 ∼1014 to ∼3×1016 eV to overlap with direct measurements at lower energy and encompass the regions of the knee and beyond in the cosmic ray spectrum.
