Published August 1985 | Version v1
Report

Energy spectra of elements with 18 or = Z or = 28 between 10 and 300 GeV/amu

  • 1. Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis
  • 2. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

Description

The HEAO-3 Heavy Nuclei Experiment is composed of ionization chambers above and below a plastic Cerenkov counter. The energy dependence of the abundances of elements with atomic number, Z, between 18 and 28 at very high energies where they are rare and thus need the large area x time are measured. The measurements of the Danish-French HEAO-3 experiment (Englemann,, et al., 1983) are extended to higher energies, using the relativistic rise of ionization signal as a measure of energy. Source abundances for Ar and Ca were determined

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Ninteenth International Cosmic Ray Conference. OG sessions, volume 2
Journal Page Range
vp.
Report number
NASA-CP--2376-VOL-2

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
17080765
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ARGON; CALCIUM; CHERENKOV COUNTERS; COSMIC RADIATION; DATA PROCESSING; ELEMENT ABUNDANCE; ENERGY SPECTRA; HEAVY NUCLEI; IONIZATION CHAMBERS
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ELEMENTS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; METALS; NONMETALS; NUCLEI; QUANTITY RATIO; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; RARE GASES; SPECTRA