Transition-Radiation-Compton-Scattering Detector for Very Relativistic Nuclei
Abstract
The paper presents the design and predicted performance of a large acceptance (2 sq m sr) transition-radiation-Compton-scattering detector system which can be used to measure energy spectra up to several thousand Gev/nucleon for nuclei with Z between 6 and 28, as well as up to 40,000 GeV/nucleon for He. The following circumstances made such a detector system practicable: (1) transition radiation output is proportional to the square of particle charge; (2) output varies at least as rapidly as the square of Lorentz factor over the range from several hundred to several thousand.
- Publication:
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International Cosmic Ray Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975ICRC....9.3278O
- Keywords:
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- Compton Effect;
- Design Analysis;
- Energy Spectra;
- Nuclei (Nuclear Physics);
- Radiation Detectors;
- Relativistic Particles;
- Cosmic Rays;
- Particle Energy;
- Performance Prediction;
- Radiative Transfer;
- Instrumentation and Photography