Author/Authors :
Sallaz-Damaz، نويسنده , , Y. and Barrau، نويسنده , , A. and Bazer-Bachi، نويسنده , , R. and Bourrion، نويسنده , , O. and Bouvier، نويسنده , , J. and Boyer، نويسنده , , B. and Buénerd، نويسنده , , M. and Derome، نويسنده , , L. and Eraud، نويسنده , , L. and Foglio، نويسنده , , R. and Gallin-Martel، نويسنده , , L. and Ganel، نويسنده , , O. H. Han، نويسنده , , J.H. and Kim، نويسنده , , K.C. and Lee، نويسنده , , M.H. and Lutz، نويسنده , , L. and M، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
A Cherenkov imager, CHERCAM (CHERenkov CAMera), has been designed and built for the CREAM (Cosmic-Ray Energetic and Mass) balloon-borne experiment. The instrument will perform charge measurements of nuclear cosmic-ray over a range extending from proton to iron. It will achieve individual charge separation of the elements over this range [M. Buénerd, et al., in: 28th ICRC, Tsukuba, Japan, OG 1.5, 2003, p. 2157. [2]] ( 0.25 charge unit rms), allowing measurements of the energy spectra of individual elements by the CREAM instrument in the energy range from 10 10 to 10 15 eV . CHERCAM is a proximity focused imager, based on a dedicated mechanical structure, equipped with an n = 1.05 silica aerogel radiator plane, separated by a 12 cm ring expansion gap from a photon detector plane consisting of a 1600 photomultiplier array, backed with dedicated front-end readout electronics. A prototype of the detector has been recently tested with 100 and 300 GeV/c Z = 1 particle beams at CERN. The contribution reports on both the beam test results of the prototype, and of the counter performance in ground operation.
Keywords :
Cream , rich , Cherenkov , aerogel , Cosmic-rays , Photomultiplier , GEANT4
