Published March 15, 1989
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Journal article
Energy determination of electron-photon showers induced by heavy cosmic-ray primaries
- 1. Aoyama Gakuin Univ., Tokyo (Japan). Dept. of Physics
Description
On the basis of extensive simulation calculations, we establish a method of energy determination, in the region 1012-1016 eV/nucleus, for electromagnetic cascade showers initiated by heavy cosmic-ray primaries as well as by protons and alphas. We study in detail the accuracy of the present method, focusing on the errors arising from the chamber configuration and from both fluctuations in the production spectrum of source γ-rays and subsequent cascade development. All errors are well within our allowance, comparable with, or less than, experimental error. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A
- Journal Volume
- 276
- Journal Issue
- 1/2
- Series
- Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A.
- Journal Page Range
- 317-339
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAE
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 20039294
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCURACY; ALPHA REACTIONS; CARBON 12 REACTIONS; CASCADE SHOWERS; CORRECTIONS; COSMIC ALPHA PARTICLES; COSMIC ELECTRONS; COSMIC NUCLEI; COSMIC PHOTONS; COSMIC PIONS; COSMIC PROTONS; COSMIC RAY DETECTION; COSMIC SHOWERS; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ERRORS; FLUCTUATIONS; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; GEV RANGE 10-100; GEV RANGE 100-1000; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; IRON 56 TARGET; MULTIPLE PRODUCTION; MULTIPLICITY; NUCLEAR EMULSIONS; PARTICLE RAPIDITY; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; PROTON REACTIONS; PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS; SPECTROSCOPY; TEV RANGE 01-10; TEV RANGE 10-100; TEV RANGE 100-1000; TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM
- Descriptors DEC
- ALPHA PARTICLES; BARYON REACTIONS; BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; BARYONS; BOSONS; CATIONS; CHARGED PARTICLES; COSMIC RADIATION; DETECTION; ELECTRONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; GEV RANGE; HADRON REACTIONS; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; HADRONS; HELIUM IONS; HYDROGEN IONS; HYDROGEN IONS 1 PLUS; INTERACTIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IONS; LEPTONS; LINEAR MOMENTUM; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MESONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEON REACTIONS; NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PHOTONS; PIONS; PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; PROTONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION; SHOWERS; TARGETS; TEV RANGE; VARIATIONS