Superconducting Magnetic Spectrometer for Cosmic Ray Nuclei
- 1 January 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 43 (1) , 1-11
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1685401
Abstract
This paper describes the design, calibration, and operation of a magnetic spectrometer for particle astronomy. The spectrometer consists of a superconducting magnet, optical spark chambers, scintillation detectors, and associated electronics. The instrument has been flown in a balloon gondola to 4.8 g/cm2 residual atmosphere, where it was used to analyze the charge and differential rigidity spectra of primary nuclei from 5 to 100 GeV/c.Keywords
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