Measurement of cosmic-ray nuclei with the third flight of the CREAM balloon-borne experiment

Y. Amare; J. R. Smith; T. Anderson; D. Angelaszek; N. Anthony; K. Cheryian; G. H. Choi; M. Copley; S. Coutu; L. Derome; L. Eraud; L. Hagenau; J. H. Han; H. G. Huh; S. Im; J. A. Jeon; S. Jeong; K. C. Kim; M. H. Kim; H. Y. Lee; J. Lee; M. H. Lee; J. Liang; J. T. Link; L. Lu; L. Lutz; A. Menchaca-Rocha; T. Mernik; J. W. Mitchell; S. I. Mognet; S. Morton; M. Nester; S. Nutter; O. Ofoha; I. H. Park; N. Picot-Clemente; R. Quinn; E. S. Seo; P. Walpole; R. P. Weinmann; J. Wu; Y. S. Yoon

Measurement of cosmic-ray nuclei with the third flight of the CREAM balloon-borne experiment

Y. Amare, J. R. Smith, T. Anderson, D. Angelaszek, N. Anthony, K. Cheryian, G. H. Choi, M. Copley, S. Coutu, L. Derome, L. Eraud, L. Hagenau, J. H. Han, H. G. Huh, S. Im, J. A. Jeon, S. Jeong, K. C. Kim, M. H. Kim, H. Y. LeeJ. Lee, M. H. Lee, J. Liang, J. T. Link, L. Lu, L. Lutz, A. Menchaca-Rocha, T. Mernik, J. W. Mitchell, S. I. Mognet, S. Morton, M. Nester, S. Nutter, O. Ofoha, I. H. Park, N. Picot-Clemente, R. Quinn, E. S. Seo, P. Walpole, R. P. Weinmann, J. Wu, Y. S. Yoon

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The balloon-borne Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass experiment had its third flight (CREAM-III) over Antarctica for 29 days from December 17, 2007 to January 19, 2008. CREAM-III was designed to directly measure the elemental spectra of cosmic-ray nuclei from Hydrogen to Iron in the energy range from 10¹² to 10¹⁵ eV. Energy of incident cosmic rays was measured with a calorimeter that consisted of a densified carbon target directly above a stack of 20 alternating layers of tungsten and scintillating fiber ribbons. Multiple charge measurements were independently made with the silicon charge detector (SCD), Cherenkov Camera (CherCam), and a Timing Charge Detector (TCD) in order to identify particles and minimize backscattering effects from the calorimeter. Compared to previous CREAM flights, the electronic noise of CREAM-III was reduced, significantly lowering the energy threshold. Results from on-going analysis of the energy spectra will be presented.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Proceedings of Science
State	Published - 2017
Event	35th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2017 - Bexco, Busan, Korea, Republic of Duration: Jul 10 2017 → Jul 20 2017

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Amare, Y., Smith, J. R., Anderson, T., Angelaszek, D., Anthony, N., Cheryian, K., Choi, G. H., Copley, M., Coutu, S., Derome, L., Eraud, L., Hagenau, L., Han, J. H., Huh, H. G., Im, S., Jeon, J. A., Jeong, S., Kim, K. C., Kim, M. H., ... Yoon, Y. S. (2017). Measurement of cosmic-ray nuclei with the third flight of the CREAM balloon-borne experiment. Proceedings of Science.

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N1 - Funding Information: The work reported in this paper was supported in the U.S. by NASA grants NNX08AC11G, NNX08AC15G, NNX08AC16G and their predecessor grants in Korea by the Creative Research Initiatives (RCMST) of MEST/NRF and in Italy by INFN. The authors acknowledge NASA/WFF for provision and operation of flight support systems; Art Ruitberg, Suong Le, and Curtis Dunsmore of NASA/GSFC, and Carlos Urdiales of Southwest Research Institute for assistance with HV design and potting; CERN for provision of excellent accelerator beams; the Fermi National Accelerator Lab Thin Films Group for high-quality polishing and aluminization of optical elements; and Columbia Scientific Ballooning Facility, National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Programs, and Raytheon Polar Services Company for outstanding support of launch, flight and recovery operations in Antarctica. Publisher Copyright: © Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

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N2 - The balloon-borne Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass experiment had its third flight (CREAM-III) over Antarctica for 29 days from December 17, 2007 to January 19, 2008. CREAM-III was designed to directly measure the elemental spectra of cosmic-ray nuclei from Hydrogen to Iron in the energy range from 1012 to 1015 eV. Energy of incident cosmic rays was measured with a calorimeter that consisted of a densified carbon target directly above a stack of 20 alternating layers of tungsten and scintillating fiber ribbons. Multiple charge measurements were independently made with the silicon charge detector (SCD), Cherenkov Camera (CherCam), and a Timing Charge Detector (TCD) in order to identify particles and minimize backscattering effects from the calorimeter. Compared to previous CREAM flights, the electronic noise of CREAM-III was reduced, significantly lowering the energy threshold. Results from on-going analysis of the energy spectra will be presented.

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