Measurement of the composition and energy spectrum of cosmic rays above 10 sup 15 eV

Conference · Tue Mar 20 00:00:00 EST 1990 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA)

OSTI ID:6808064

Berley, D ^[1]; Ellsworth, R W ^[2]

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1. National Science Foundation, Washington, DC 20550 (USA)
2. George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030 (USA)

The availability of a launch vehicle with the capability of carrying a heavy payload, would make possible several definitive experiments including: (1) the determination of the composition and energy spectrum of cosmic rays up to 10{sup 12} electron volts (eV) (2) the observation of gamma rays from compact sources, up to energies of 10{sup 12} eV. The instrument proposed, weighing about 30 tons, is designed to address these fundamental questions.

• OSTI ID: 6808064
• Report Number(s): CONF-8911161-; CODEN: APCPC; TRN: 90-018740
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA), Vol. 203:1; Conference: Particle astrophysics: NASA cosmic ray program for the 1990's and beyond, Greenbelt, MD (USA), 6-8 Nov 1989; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CALORIMETERS
COSMIC RAY DETECTION
HEAVY NUCLEI
IRON
PHOTONS
PROTONS
ENERGY SPECTRA
MEASURING METHODS
PEV RANGE
BARYONS
DETECTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY RANGE
FERMIONS
HADRONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METALS
NUCLEI
NUCLEONS
RADIATION DETECTION
SPECTRA
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
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