Cosmic ray detectors
Abstract
Work on the MSFC emulsion laboratory microscopes in which mechanical modifications previously made were verified is reviewed, as is a design study of a large area hybrid electronic/emulsion chamber balloon flight detector system. This design is built upon the experience obtained with the highly successful MSFC/UAH hybrid instrument flown by the JACEE consortium. The design included overall system design and specification, design and fabrication of a prototype large light diffusion for Cerenkov charge detector or scintillator, design of a multiwire proportional counter array and design of the gondola or flight support system.
- Publication:
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Alabama Univ., Huntsville Report
- Pub Date:
- February 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987alab.reptQ....G
- Keywords:
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- Cerenkov Counters;
- Cerenkov Radiation;
- Cosmic Rays;
- Proportional Counters;
- Scintillation Counters;
- Balloon-Borne Instruments;
- Gondolas;
- Hybrid Structures;
- Instrumentation and Photography