The use of optical fibers in the Trans Iron Galactic Element Recorder (TIGER)

Journal Article · Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 1998 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.56956· OSTI ID:21199325

Sposato, S H; Binns, W R; Dowkontt, P F; Epstein, J W; Hink, P L; Israel, M H; Klarmann, J; Lawrence, D J ^[1]; Barbier, L M; Christian, E R; Mitchell, J W; Streitmatter, R E ^[2]; Nolfo, G A. de; Mewaldt, R A; Shindler, S M ^[3]; Waddington, C J ^[4]

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1. Washington University, Box 1105, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 (United States)
2. Goddard Spaceflight Center, Code 661, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 (United States)
3. California Institute of Technology, Mail Code 220-47, Pasadena, California 91125 (United States)
4. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 (United States)

TIGER, the Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder, is a cosmic-ray balloon borne experiment that utilizes a scintillating Fiber Hodoscope/Time of Flight (TOF) counter. It was flown aboard a high altitude balloon on September 24, 1997. The objective of this experiment is to measure the elemental abundances of all nuclei within the charge range: 26{<=}Z{<=}40. This initial balloon flight will test the detector concept, which will be used in future balloon and space experiments. The instrument and the fiber detector are described.

• OSTI ID: 21199325
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 450, Issue 1; Conference: SCIFI97: 3. conference on scintillating and fiber detectors, Notre Dame, IN (United States), 2-6 Nov 1997; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.56956; (c) 1998 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
BALLOONS
COSMIC NUCLEI
COSMIC RAY DETECTION
ELEMENT ABUNDANCE
HODOSCOPES
IRON
MASS SPECTRA
OPTICAL FIBERS
SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD