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Energy cross-calibration from the first CREAM flight: Transition radiation detector versus calorimeter

  • P. Maestro
  • , H. S. Ahn
  • , P. S. Allison
  • , M. G. Bagliesi
  • , J. J. Beatty
  • , G. Bigongiari
  • , P. J. Boyle
  • , T. J. Brandt
  • , J. T. Childers
  • , N. B. Conklin
  • , S. Coutu
  • , M. A. Duvernois
  • , O. Ganel
  • , J. H. Han
  • , H. J. Hyun
  • , J. A. Jeon
  • , K. C. Kim
  • , J. K. Lee
  • , M. H. Lee
  • , L. Lutz
  • P. S. Marrocchesi, A. Malinine, S. Minnick, S. I. Mognet, S. Nam, S. Nutter, H. Park, I. H. Park, N. H. Park, E. S. Seo, R. Sina, S. Swordy, S. P. Wakely, J. Wu, J. Yang, Y. S. Yoon, R. Zei, S. Y. Zinn

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Abstract

The Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) balloon experiment had two successful flights in 2004/05 and 2005/06. It was designed to perform energy measurements from a few GeV up to 1000 TeV, taking advantage of different detection techniques. The first instrument, CREAM-1, combined a transition radiation detector with a calorimeter to provide independent energy measurements of cosmicray nuclei. Each detector was calibrated with particle beams in a limited range of energies. In order to assess the absolute energy scale of the instrument and to investigate the systematic effects of each technique, a cross-calibration was performed by comparing the two independent energy estimates on selected samples of oxygen and carbon nuclei.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages333-336
Number of pages4
StatePublished - 2007
Event30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007 - Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Duration: Jul 3 2007Jul 11 2007

Other

Other30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007
Country/TerritoryMexico
CityMerida, Yucatan
Period7/3/077/11/07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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