Published October 27, 2006 | Version v1
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The CREAM Calorimeter: Performance In Tests And Flights

Creators

  • 1. Inst. for Phys. Sci. and Tech., University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 (United States)
  • 2. Dept. of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 (United States)
  • 3. INFN, Via Roma 56, 53100 Siena (Italy)
  • 4. Dept. of Physics, University of Siena, Via Roma 56, 53100 Siena (Italy)
  • 5. Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (United States)

Description

The Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) balloon-borne experiment, designed to directly measure cosmic-ray particle energies from ∼1011 to ∼1015 eV, had two successful flights since December 2004, with a total duration of 70 days. The CREAM calorimeter is comprised of 20 layers of 1 radiation length (X0) tungsten interleaved with 20 active layers each made up of fifty 1 cm wide scintillating fiber ribbons. The scintillation signals are read out with multi pixel Hybrid Photo Diodes (HPDs), VA32-HDR2/TA32C ASICs and LTC1400 ADCs. During detector construction, various tests were carried out using radioactive sources, UV-LEDs, and particle beams. We will present results from these tests and show preliminary results from the two flights

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.2396951;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
867
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 167-174
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
12. international conference on calorimetry in high energy physics
Dates
5-9 Jun 2006
Place
Chicago, IL (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38056399
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS; BALLOONS; CALORIMETERS; CONSTRUCTION; COSMIC RADIATION; FIBERS; GEV RANGE 100-1000; PARTICLE BEAMS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTODIODES; RADIATION LENGTH; RADIATION SOURCES; READOUT SYSTEMS; SCINTILLATIONS; SIGNALS; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; TEV RANGE; TUNGSTEN
Descriptors DEC
AIRCRAFT; BEAMS; DIMENSIONS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELEMENTS; ENERGY RANGE; EQUIPMENT; GEV RANGE; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LENGTH; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; METALS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; REFRACTORY METALS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; TRANSITION ELEMENTS

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Notes
(c) 2006 American Institute of Physics