Performance of the Charge Detectors of CALET with relativistic ions

Author

Marrocchesi, Pier Simone

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. Sci., Earth & Environ., Univ. of Siena, Siena, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

Oct. 27 2013-Nov. 2 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

CALET is an all-calorimetric electron telescope in preparation for a launch to the International Space Station (ISS), where it will be installed on the Exposure Facility of the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM-EF). With observations over a period of five years, CALET will be able to unveil the presence of possible nearby sources of high energy electrons and search for signatures of dark matter. The instrument includes a two-layered Charge Detector (CHD) module of scintillator paddles designed to identify - via a measurement of their electric charge - individual nuclear species from proton to iron and to detect trans-iron elements. Complementary charge information is provided by the Imaging Calorimeter (IMC).

Keywords

dark matter; particle calorimetry; scintillation counters; CALET; Exposure Facility; International Space Station; JEM-EF; Japanese Experiment Module; all-calorimetric electron telescope; charge detectors; dark matter signatures; electric charge; high energy electrons; imaging calorimeter; relativistic ions; scintillator paddles; transiron elements; two-layered charge detector module; Atmospheric measurements; Boron; Charge measurement; Energy measurement; Particle measurements; Pollution measurement; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seoul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0533-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829509

Filename

6829509