Performance of and Planned Improvements to a Mountain Altitude Cosmic Ray Mass Spectrometer
Abstract
A cosmic ray mass spectrometer with superconducting magnet, wire spark chambers, and time-of-flight scintillation counters has been operated at an altitude of 2750 meters. Various specifications of the spectrometer are presented and the method of event analysis described. Corrections to the data, resolutions and efficiencies of the spark chambers, and momentum resolution are discussed. Recent and planned improvements of the apparatus are indicated.
- Publication:
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International Cosmic Ray Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975ICRC....9.3371J
- Keywords:
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- Cosmic Rays;
- High Altitude Nuclear Detection;
- Mass Spectrometers;
- Performance Tests;
- Spark Chambers;
- Kinetic Energy;
- Mass Distribution;
- Particle Mass;
- Scintillation Counters;
- Superconducting Magnets;
- Time Of Flight Spectrometers;
- Instrumentation and Photography