| タイトル | On Measuring Cosmic Ray Energy Spectra with the Rapidity Distributions |
| 著者（英） | Golubkov, S.; Bashindzhagyan, G.; Egorov, N.; Korotkova, N.; Drury, L.; Panasyuk, M.; Chilingarian, A.; Podorozhnyi, D.; Adams, J.; Procqureur, J. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center |
| 発行日 | 2000-01-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | An important goal of cosmic ray research is to measure the elemental energy spectra of galactic cosmic rays up to 10(exp 16) eV. This goal cannot be achieved with an ionization calorimeter because the required instrument is too massive for space flight. An alternate method will be presented. This method is based on measuring the primary particle energy by determining the angular distribution of secondaries produced in a target layer. The proposed technique can be used over a wide range of energies (10 (exp 11) -10 (exp 16) eV) and gives an energy resolution of 60% or better. Based on this technique, a conceptual design for a new instrument (KLEM) will be presented. Due to its light weight, this instrument can have a large aperture enabling the direct measurement of cosmic rays to 1016 eV. |
| NASA分類 | Space Radiation |
| 権利 | No Copyright |
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