Isotopic analysis by the Cerenkov-Cerenkov slowing-down method
Abstract
The performance of a large-scale Cerenkov-Cerenkov slowing-down setup for isotope analysis in the 1 to 2 GeV/n region is analyzed. Such a setup should permit isotope analysis of all nuclei between neon and nickel with rms mass errors less than 0.5 amu and less than 1 amu over, respectively, approximately 250MeV/n and approximately 500MeV/n wide energy ranges. The background associated with the very high rate of nuclear interactions in the instrument (75%) should be eliminated by a triple redundancy in the charge measurement. These estimates are based largely on experience gained from Danish-French balloon flights and from runs at the Berkeley bevatron.
- Publication:
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Res. Goals Cosmic-Ray Astrophys. in the 1980's
- Pub Date:
- May 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975rgcr.conf...71M
- Keywords:
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- Balloon-Borne Instruments;
- Bevatron;
- Cerenkov Counters;
- Cosmic Rays;
- Isotopes;
- Electric Charge;
- Nuclear Interactions;
- Particle Energy;
- Performance Prediction;
- Space Radiation