Program to study antiprotons in the cosmic rays: Arizona collaboration

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5749222

Bowen, T

The Low Energy AntiProton (LEAP) experiment was designed to measure the primary antiproton flux in the 200 MeV to 1 GeV kinetic energy range. A superconducting magnetic spectrometer, a time-of-flight (TOF) detector, and a Cherenkov counter are the main components of LEAP. An additional scintillation detector was designed and constructed to detect the passage of particles through the bottom of the Cherenkov counter. The LEAP package was launched on August 22, 1987, and enjoyed a 27 hour flight, with 23 hours of data at high altitude. Preliminary plans for data analysis include using the Micro-Vax at the University of Arizona for data reduction of the Cherenkov and S2 signals.

• Research Organization: Arizona Univ., Tucson (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5749222
• Report Number(s): N-88-10764; NASA-CR-180702; NAS-1.26:180702
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ANTIPROTONS
COSMIC RAY FLUX
COSMIC PROTONS
DATA ACQUISITION
DATA PROCESSING
MAGNETIC SPECTROMETERS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
TIME-OF-FLIGHT SPECTROMETERS
ANTIBARYONS
ANTIMATTER
ANTINUCLEI
ANTINUCLEONS
ANTIPARTICLES
BARYONS
COSMIC RADIATION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
HADRONS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NUCLEI
NUCLEONS
PROCESSING
PROTONS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATION FLUX
RADIATIONS
SPECTROMETERS
640101* - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Cosmic Radiation