Effect of the Mott cross section on charge identification in the HEAO-3 Heavy Cosmic Ray Experiment.
Abstract
Corrections to the Z-squared dependence of ion chamber and Cherenkov response due to the Mott cross section are calculated for the HEAO-3 Heavy Cosmic Ray Experiment. The effect of the production and escape of high energy secondary electrons on detector response is accounted for by numerical calculations. These secondary electron effects are shown to influence the size of the non Z-squared effects and thus affect the charge assignments and detector resolution. The Bloch and relativistic Bloch corrections are not included in the results presented here but may be combined with the Mott corrections when the Bloch corrections are properly evaluated.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A
- Pub Date:
- August 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984NIMPA.225..185D
- Keywords:
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- Cosmic Rays;
- Heao 3;
- High Energy Electrons;
- Scattering Cross Sections;
- Cerenkov Counters;
- Coulomb Collisions;
- Ionization Chambers;
- Monte Carlo Method;
- Secondary Emission;
- Space Radiation;
- Cosmic Rays:Detectors;
- Detectors:Cosmic Rays