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ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH
卷 42, 期 3, 页码 403-408出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.03.080
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cosmic rays; energy spectrum; charge; TRD; Cerenkov detector
The balloon-borne cosmic-ray experiment CREAM-I (Cosmic-Ray Energetics And Mass) recently completed a successful 42-day flight during the 2004-2005 NASA/NSF/NSBF Antarctic expedition. CREAM-I combines an imaging calorimeter with charge detectors and a precision transition radiation detector (TRD). The TRD component of CREAM-I is targeted at measuring the energy of cosmicray particles with charges greater than Z similar to 3. A central science goal of this effort is the determination of the ratio of secondary to primary nuclei at high energy. This measurement is crucial for the reconstruction of the propagation history of cosmic rays, and consequently for the determination of their source spectra. First scientific results from this instrument are presented (c) 2007 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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