Testing the prototype of the NUCLEON setup on the pion beam of the SPS accelerator (CERN)
| Autor: | A. N. Turundaevskii, A. B. Sadovskii, A. Yu. Pakhomov, Z. Krumshtein, M. Merkin, D. Karmanov, L. G. Tkachev, N. A. Korotkova, V. M. Grebenyuk, L. G. Sveshnikova, A. A. Voronin, D. M. Podorozhnyi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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| Zdroj: | Instruments and Experimental Techniques. 50:176-186 |
| ISSN: | 1608-3180 0020-4412 |
| Popis: | A technique for determining the energy of primary cosmic rays in the range of 1012–1015 eV has been developed. The idea behind this technique consists in measuring the spatial flux density of secondary particles produced in the first act of inelastic nuclear interaction inside a target and passed through a thin converter layer in which the electromagnetic component (photons from decays of neutral pions) is multiplied. This technique has been developed by generalizing the well-known Castagnoli method (for measuring the angular characteristics of tracks of secondary particles produced in the first act of inelastic nuclear interaction inside a target), and its application offers a chance to design instruments for scientific studies such that their mass is relatively low while their luminosity is high. It is proposed to use this technique in a satellite-based NUCLEON experiment. The technique has been tested on charged particle beams of the SPS accelerator at CERN. Results of these tests confirm that, using this method, it is possible to measure the particle energy and, therefore, perform an orbital scientific experiment with the proposed equipment. |
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