Prototype study of the Cherenkov imager of the AMS experiment

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

Volumn 560, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 291-302

  Aguayo, P ^a   Aguilar Benitez, M ^a   Arruda, L ^b   Barao, F ^b   Barreira, G ^b   Barrau, A ^c   Baret, B ^c   Belmont, E ^d   Berdugo, J ^a   Boudoul, G ^c   Borges, J ^b   Buenerd M ^c   Casadei, D ^e   Casaus, J ^a   Delgado, C ^a   Diaz, C ^a   Derome, L ^c   Eraud, L ^c   Gallin Martel, L ^c   Giovacchini, F ^e   Goncalves, P ^b   Lanciotti, E ^a   Laurenti, G ^e   Malinine, A ^f   Mana C ^a   Marin J ^a   Martinez, G ^a   Menchaca Rocha, A ^d   Palomares, C ^a   Pereira, R ^b   Pimenta, M ^b   Protasov, K ^c   Sanchez, E ^a   Seo, E S ^f   Sevilla, I ^a   Torrento A ^a   Vargas Trevino, M ^c   Veziant O ^c   more..

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b LIP   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER GRENOBLE 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge measurement; Charged particle detectors; Cherenkov imaging; Space instrumentation

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CHARGED PARTICLES; IMAGE SENSORS; ION BEAMS; IONS; LEAD; PERFORMANCE; RADIATORS; SILICA;

CHARGE MEASUREMENT; CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTORS; CHERENKOV IMAGING; SILICA AEROGEL RADIATORS; SPACE INSTRUMENTATION;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 33646086981     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.01.015     Document Type: Article

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