The TRACER instrument: A balloon-borne cosmic-ray detector

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

Volumn 654, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 140-156

  Ave, M ^a,b   Boyle, P J ^a,c   Brannon, E ^a,d   Gahbauer, F ^a,e   Hermann, G ^a,f   Hoppner C ^a,g   Horandel J R ^a,h   Ichimura, M ^a,i   Muller D ^a,h   Obermeier, A ^a,h   Romero Wolf, A ^a,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

ⁱ HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cherenkov radiation; Cosmic rays; Energy spectra; Scintillation detectors; Space research instruments; Transition radiation

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; COSMOLOGY; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; IONIZATION OF GASES; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SPACE RESEARCH;

CHERENKOV RADIATIONS; COSMIC-RAY PARTICLES; ENERGY SPECTRA; HIGH-ALTITUDE BALLOONS; LONG-DURATION FLIGHTS; RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS; TRANSITION RADIATION; TRANSITION RADIATION DETECTORS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 80052897714     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2011.05.050     Document Type: Article

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