The High-Energy Antimatter Telescope (HEAT): An instrument for the study of cosmic-ray positrons

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 400, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 34-52

  Barwick, S W ^a   Beatty, J J ^b   Bower, C R ^c   Chaput, C ^d   Coutu, S ^d   De Nolfo, G ^e   Ellithorpe, D ^f   Ficenec, D ^e   Knapp, J ^g   Lowder, D M ^h   McKee, S ^d   Muller D ^f   Musser, J A ^c   Nutter, S L ⁱ   Schneider, E ^a   Swordy, S P ^f   Tang, K K ^f   Tarle G ^d   Tomasch, A D ^d   Torbet, E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon instrumentation; Cosmic rays; Magnet spectrometer; Positrons

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROMETERS; PHOSPHORS;

BALLOON INSTRUMENTATION; HIGH ENERGY ANTIMATTER TELESCOPE (HEAT);

COSMIC RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 0031269596     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(97)00945-5     Document Type: Article

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