The new South Pole air shower experiment - SPASE-2
Abstract
This paper describes a new coincidence experiment designed to improve understanding of the composition of the primary cosmic-ray beam around the knee of the spectrum. The experiment consists of an air shower array on the surface (SPASE-2), which works in coincidence with an array of air-Cherenkov detectors (VULCAN), and the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) deep in the ice. The experiment must cover the energy range from ~1014 to ~3×1016 eV to overlap with direct measurements at lower energy and encompass the regions of the knee and beyond in the cosmic ray spectrum.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A
- Pub Date:
- January 2000
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00788-3
- Bibcode:
- 2000NIMPA.440...95D