Published 1975 | Version v1
Report

Properties of a silica aerogel Cerenkov radiator used in a cosmic ray telescope

  • 1. Danish Space Research Inst., Lyngby
  • 2. CEA Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France)

Description

The radiator with a refractive index of 1.06 allows a clear separation of the elements in the iron group even at high energies. No detectable scintillation component was found. Some optical properties of the silica aerogel are presented. (orig/WB)

Availability note (English)

Available from ZAED.

Abstract (German)

Der Konverter mit einem Brechungsindex von 1.06 erlaubt eine klare Trennung der Elemente der Eisengruppe bei hohen Energien. Keine nachweisbare Szintillationskomponente wurde gefunden. Einige optische Eigenschaften des Silika-Aerogels werden aufgezeigt. (orig./WB)

Additional details

Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
separation of the elements in the iron group

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
14th international cosmic ray conference. Conference papers. Vol. 9
Imprint Pagination
p. 3188-3192.
Report number
AED-Conf--75-696-000

Conference

Title
14. international cosmic ray conference.
Dates
15 - 29 Aug 1975.
Place
Garching/Muenchen, Germany, F.R.

Optional Information

Notes
4 figs.; 6 refs.