The boronated scintillator detector of the ISS-CREAM experiment

  • Y. Amare
  • , 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
  • , Y. S. Hwang
  • , H. J. Hyun
  • , S. Im
  • , H. B. Jeon
  • , J. A. Jeon
  • , S. Jeong
  • , S. C. Kang
  • H. J. Kim, 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, H. Park, I. H. Park, J. M. Park, N. Picot-Clémente, R. Quinn, E. S. Seo, J. R. Smith, P. Walpole, R. P. Weinmann, J. Wu, Y. S. Yoon

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Abstract

The Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass for the International Space Station (ISS-CREAM) instrument is a next-generation experiment for the direct detection and study of cosmic-ray nuclei and electrons. With a long exposure in low Earth orbit, the experiment will determine the particle fluxes and spectral details of cosmic-ray nuclei from hydrogen to iron, over an energy range of about 1012 eV to >1015 eV, and of cosmic-ray electrons over an energy range of about 5 ×1010 eV to > 1013 eV. The instrument was deployed to the ISS in August 2017 on the SpaceX CRS-12 mission. We review the design, implementation and performance of one of the ISS-CREAM detector systems: a boron loaded scintillation detector used in discriminating electron-induced events from the much more abundant cosmic-ray nuclei.

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Instrumentation

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