Compact Scintillator Array Detector (ComSAD) for sounding rocket and CubeSat missions

Autor: Wang, Pu Kai, Chen, Chih-Yun, Hsu, Hsiang-Chieh, Chang, Mu-Hsin, Liu, Wei Tai, Fang, Hui-Kuan, Wu, Ting-Chou, Chen, Wen-Hao, Tsai, Chin Cheng, Chen, Alfred Bing-Chih, Yang, Yi
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Astronomical InstrumentationVol. 11, No. 02, 2250007 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1142/S2251171722500076
Popis: The development of CubeSat and more frequent launch chances of sounding rockets are a total game changer to the space program, and it allows us to build space instruments to be more achievable and affordable. Therefore, it gives us a good opportunity to build a small cosmic ray detector which has capabilities to measure the flux, direction, and even energy of cosmic rays at the height above the limitation of balloon experiments, and it may open a new door for building a constellation of detectors to study cosmic ray physics. Compact Scintillator Array Detector (ComSAD) is dedicated for the sounding rocket mission of Taiwan's National Space Organization. In paper, we present the idea, design, and performance of ComSAD which is also suitable for CubeSat missions in the future.
Databáze: arXiv