Beam tests of the balloon-borne ATIC experiment

Autor: H. J. Kim, J. Z. Wang, A. R. Fazely, T. G. Guzik, R. M. Gunasingha, D. Granger, Wolfgang Schmidt, J. Ampe, B. Price, Eun-Suk Seo, N. V. Sokolskaya, John P. Wefel, H. S. Ahn, Sun Kee Kim, M. Stewart, James H. Adams, Alexander D. Panov, O. Ganel, Jian Wu, G. A. Samsonov, Gary L. Case, Joachim Isbert, Jin Chang, Y. J. Han, S. B. Ellison, K. C. Kim, G. L. Bashindzhagyan, R. Gould, M. I. Panasyuk, Yeong-Dae Kwon, D. Wagner, V. I. Zatsepin, R. Sina, A. A. Voronin, M. Sen

Publikováno v: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 552:409-419

The Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter (ATIC) balloon-borne experiment is designed to perform cosmic-ray elemental spectra measurement from 50 GeV to 100 TeV for nuclei from hydrogen to iron. These measurements are expected to provide crucial hints

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2005.06.081

Depth measurement in a germanium strip detector

Autor: Eric A. Wulf, W. N. Johnson, J. Ampe, B.E. Phlips, Richard A. Kroeger, James D. Kurfess

Publikováno v: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 49:1876-1880

We have demonstrated the ability to determine the depth of a gamma-ray interaction point over the full active volume of a thick germanium strip detector. This capability provides depth resolution of less than 0.5-mm full width half maximum (FWHM) at

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https://doi.org/10.1109/tns.2002.801526

The construction and performance of the CsI hodoscopic calorimeter for the GLAST beam test engineering module

Autor: W. N. Johnson, B. F. Phlips, S. Singh, E. Ponslet, J. Ampe, J. E. Grove

Publikováno v: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 48:1182-1189

We describe the design, construction, and performance of the CsI hodoscopic calorimeter of the GLAST beam test engineering module (BTEM), a full-size prototype of one of the 16 towers of the GLAST large-area telescope, approved by NASA to be launched

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https://doi.org/10.1109/23.958747

The On-orbit Calibrations for the Fermi Large Area Telescope

Autor: Luca Baldini, M. Hakimi, N. Saggini, Wlodzimierz Klamra, Roger W. Romani, Staffan Carius, G. Busetto, Brian L Winer, M. Ceccanti, Carmelo Sgrò, L. Guillemot, S. Cutini, A. A. Moiseev, David Paneque, M. Campell, M. Kuss, M. Mongelli, P. Fleury, Michele Pinchera, J. M. Casandjian, C. Meurer, A. Makeev, F. Belli, G. Mazzenga, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, N. Virmani, H. Kelly, Hiromitsu Takahashi, F. Gargano, M. E. Monzani, Luca Latronico, R. E. Hughes, F. Loparco, W. Mitthumsiri, David Sanchez, Keith Bechtol, S. Ritz, Charles D. Dermer, P. Bourgeois, R. Chipaux, E. Do Couto E Silva, G. Godfrey, P. Dizon, Francesco Longo, P. Picozza, Hartmut Sadrozinski, A. Sacchetti, Shiu-Hang Lee, Elena Moretti, A. P. Waite, F. Bellardi, Stefan Funk, Elizabeth C. Ferrara, M.M. Massai, E. Orlando, Brandon Anderson, Sho Nishino, A. Kavelaars, Y. Edmonds, Jean Ballet, A. Tramacere, D. Fabiani, D. L. Wood, Christian Farnier, Takaaki Tanaka, Stefano Ciprini, M. Ozaki, Nicola Omodei, B. Marangelli, T. H. Burnett, Denis Bastieri, D. J. Thompson, Elliott D. Bloom, B. M. Baughman, F. de Palma, J. Bartelt, E. J. Siskind, J. R. Bogart, J. Goodman, T. Ylinen, D. Freytag, M. Ziegler, W. N. Johnson, D. Parent, S. Murgia, T. Ohsugi, Dario Bisello, Massimo Minuti, Alessandro Brez, A. Chekhtman, J. H. Panetta, F. Kuehn, P. L. Nolan, Magnus Axelsson, V. Pelassa, N. Vilchez, Markus Ackermann, S. Germani, F. Piron, G. M. Madejski, A. N. Cillis, Masanori Ohno, S. McGlynn, R. Dubois, Marianne Lemoine-Goumard, Robin H. D. Corbet, W. B. Focke, D. L. Flath, Sylvain Guiriec, A. Sander, T. A. Porter, P. Spinelli, M. Razzano, Eric Nuss, David A. Smith, S. Condamoor, Julie McEnery, L. C. Reyes, S. Robinson, Francesco Giordano, Neil Gehrels, P. Hascall, A. Reimer, L.L. Wai, W. Raynor, Tyrel J. Johnson, T. Kamae, R. A. Cameron, Ronaldo Bellazzini, K. Fouts, P. Lubrano, P. M. Saz Parkinson, P. Bruel, M. Turri, K. S. Wood, C. C. Cheung, M. Roth, O. Ferreira, Martin Kocian, A. De Angelis, Jürgen Knödlseder, G. Tosti, N. Mirizzi, M. Brigida, Y. Hanabata, Igor V. Moskalenko, P. Mitra, J. G. Thayer, Olaf Reimer, T. E. Stephens, D. Bédérède, B. Giebels, B. Berenji, T. Reposeur, D. Dumora, M. Huffer, A. W. Borgland, C. Lavalley, Gudlaugur Johannesson, Elisabetta Bissaldi, J. Ampe, Felix Ryde, G. A. Caliandro, Andrew W. Strong, Guido Barbiellini, C. Favuzzi, M. Frailis, L. S. Rochester, Marco Ajello, J. B. Thayer, A. Tenze, O. Tibolla, L. Tibaldo, P. Wang, G. Bogaert, Emanuele Bonamente, T. L. Usher, Eric Charles, A. Y. Rodriguez, David S. Davis, D. J. Suson, Tadayuki Takahashi, B. Leas, Z. Fewtrell, W. B. Atwood, Seth Digel, Nicola Giglietto, M. N. Mazziotta, P. A. Hart, Alessandro Paccagnella, L. Nilsson, A. Sellerholm, E. Hays, James Chiang, P. Carlson, M. N. Lovellette, P. A. Caraveo, Persis S. Drell, Gunther Haller, Hideaki Katagiri, Claudia Cecchi, D. Nelson, Johann Cohen-Tanugi, M. S. Strickman, Jean-Luc Starck, R. Claus, E. Rapposelli, A. Morselli, V. Vitale, M.-H. Grondin, J. F. Ormes, J. Bregeon, Hiroyasu Tajima, B. Lee, Jan Conrad, L. Sapozhnikov, M. Marchetti, P. D. Smith, Peter F. Michelson, A. A. Abdo, R. Bagagli, D. May, A. Bouvier, Dario Gasparrini, C. Monte, D.K. Lung, Jun Kataoka, M. Deklotz, Diego F. Torres, I. A. Grenier, A. S. Johnson, E. Cavazzuti, Robert R. Rando, M. Dormody, T. Glanzman, Benoit Lott, M. Pepe, P. Fusco, M. Sugizaki, Gloria Spandre, Matthew Kerr, S. Rainò, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Hajimu Yasuda, R. P. Johnson, J. E. Grove, Yasushi Fukazawa, O.H. Saxton

Publikováno v: Astroparticle Physics
Astroparticle Physics, Elsevier, 2009, 32, pp.193-219. ⟨10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.08.002⟩
Astroparticle Physics, 2009, 32, pp.193-219. ⟨10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.08.002⟩

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) on--board the Fermi Gamma ray Space Telescope began its on--orbit operations on June 23, 2008. Calibrations, defined in a generic sense, correspond to synchronization of trigger signals, optimization of delays for latch

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http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00379324

Production, Calibration and Environmental Testing of GLAST CsI Calorimeter Flight Modules

Autor: B.E. Leas, W. N. Johnson, P.V. Dizon, W.C. Raynor, J. Ampe, M. S. Strickman, A. Chekhtman, J. E. Grove, D.P. Sandora

Publikováno v: IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2005.

The full set of 16 flight GLAST CsI calorimeter modules, as well as two flight-spare modules, were assembled in 2004-2005. Each module contains 96 CsI crystals supported by a carbon fiber composite structure and read out from both ends with silicon P

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https://doi.org/10.1109/nssmic.2005.1596236