3-11 July 2007
Merida, Mexico
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OG 1.1

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Location: Merida, Mexico
Room: Kabah (Holiday Inn)
Date: 4 Jul 08:30 - 11:55

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Type: Oral Session: OG 1.1
Track: OG.1.1
We have performed a detailed Monte Carlo (MC) simulation for the Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter (ATIC) detector using the MC code FLUKA-2006 which is capable of simulating particles up to 10 PeV. The ATIC detector has completed two successful balloon flights from McMurdo, Antarctica lasting a total of more than 35 days. ATIC is designed as a multiple, long duration balloon flight, inv ... More
Presented by Dr. Rathnayaka GUNASINGHA on 4/7/2007 at 14:30
Type: Oral Session: OG 1.1
Track: OG.1.1
The first long-duration balloon flight of TRACER in 2003 provided high-quality measurements of the primary cosmic-ray nuclei over the range oxygen (Z = 8) to iron (Z = 26). The analysis of these measurements is now complete, and we will present the individual energy spectra and absolute intensities of the nuclei O, Ne, Mg, Si, S, Ca, A, and Fe. The spectra cover the energy range from 1 GeV/n ... More
Presented by Dr. Patrick BOYLE on 4/7/2007 at 15:42
Type: Oral Session: OG 1.1
Track: OG.1.1
The Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) instrument is a balloon-borne experiment designed to measure the composition and energy spectra of cosmic rays of charge Z = 1 to 26 up to an energy of ~ 10^15 eV. CREAM had two successful flights on long-duration balloons (LDB) launched from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, in December 2004 (CREAM-I) and December 2005. CREAM-I achieves a substantial me ... More
Presented by Dr. Hoseok AHN on 4/7/2007 at 13:42
Type: Oral Session: OG 1.1
Track: OG.1.1
We have observed cosmic-ray electrons from 10GeV to 1TeV with PPB-BETS by a long duration balloon flight using Polar Patrol Balloon (PPB) in Antarctica. The observation was carried out for 13 days at an altitude of 35 km in January 2004. The detector is an imaging calorimeter composed of scintillating-fiber belts and plastic scintillators inserted between lead plates. The geometrical factor ... More
Presented by Dr. Kenji YOSHIDA on 4/7/2007 at 16:30
Type: Oral Session: OG 1.1
Track: OG.1.1
A recently proposed novel technique for the detection of cosmic rays with arrays of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes is applied to data from the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). The method relies on the ground based detection of Cherenkov light emitted from the primary particle prior to its first interaction in the atmosphere. The charge of the primary particle (Z) can be es ... More
Presented by Mr. Rolf BUEHLER on 4/7/2007 at 15:54
Type: Oral Session: OG 1.1
Track: OG.1.1
The balloon-borne Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) payload flew for a record-breaking 42 days during the 2004/05 Antarctic season. The instrument incorporates a tungsten/scintillating-fiber sampling calorimeter and graphite targets to measure energies of nuclei. A finely segmented Silicon Charge detector (SCD) located above the targets is used for charge measurements. The position of the ... More
Presented by Mr. Y. S. YOON on 4/7/2007 at 13:54
Type: Oral Session: OG 1.1
Track: OG.1.1
Due to energy losses in the interstellar medium, cosmic ray electrons at TeV energies carry information on local (within a few hundred parsecs) accelerators. However, measurements of the spectrum of the cosmic ray electrons beyond 1 TeV are extremely difficult due to the rapidly declining flux and the much more numerous background of nucleonic cosmic rays. The very large collection ... More
Presented by Mrs. Kathrin EGBERTS on 4/7/2007 at 16:18
Type: Oral Session: OG 1.1
Track: OG.1.1
Observations of Ultra-Heavy galactic cosmic rays (GCR) help to distinguish the possible origins of GCRs. The Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder (TIGER) is designed to measure the charge (Z) and energy of GCRs using a combination of scintillation counters, Cherenkov counters, and a scintillating fiber hodoscope. The two Cherenkov radiators, one acrylic and one aerogel, provide TIGER with an ... More
Presented by B. F. RAUCH on 4/7/2007 at 16:06
Type: Oral Session: OG 1.1
Track: OG.1.1
The Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass (CREAM) experiment was successfully flown twice on long-duration balloons from McMurdo, Antarctica, in 2004/05 and 2005/06. During the second flight, the redundant charge identification system of the instrument (based on scintillators and silicon detectors) was upgraded with the addition of a second layer of pixelated silicon sensors. A measurement of the par ... More
Presented by Riccardo ZEI on 4/7/2007 at 14:06
Type: Oral Session: OG 1.1
Track: OG.1.1
The ATIC balloon-borne experiment measures the energy spectra of elements from H to Fe in primary cosmic rays from about 100 GeV to 100 TeV. ATIC is comprised of a fully active bismuth germanate calorimeter, a carbon target with embedded scintillator hodoscopes, and a silicon matrix that is used as a main charge detector. The silicon matrix produces good charge resolution for the proton ... More
Presented by Dr. A. D. PANOV on 4/7/2007 at 14:18
Type: Oral Session: OG 1.1
Track: OG.1.1
The Search for Antimatter in the galactic cosmic radiation is one of the main scientific objectives of the BESS-Program. A flatter antiproton spectrum below the secondary production peak at 1 GeV would suggest novel antiproton source, such as evaporating black-holes or decaying super-symmetric particles. The BESS-Polar experiment is designed as a highly transparent magnetic rigidity spectromet ... More
Presented by Dr. Thomas HAMS on 4/7/2007 at 14:42
Type: Oral Session: OG 1.1
Track: OG.1.1
On the 15th of June, the PAMELA experiment mounted on the Resurs DK1 satellite, was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome and since July 2006 it is collecting data. PAMELA is a satellite-borne apparatus designed to study charged particles in the cosmic radiation, to investigate the nature of dark matter, measuring the cosmic-ray antiproton and positron spectra over the largest energy range ev ... More
Presented by Dr. Mirko BOEZIO on 4/7/2007 at 13:30
Type: Oral Session: OG 1.1
Track: OG.1.1
Accurate measurements of the composition and energy spectra of cosmic rays beyond the TeV energy region have been an experimental challenge for years. TRACER ("Transition Radiation Array for Cosmic Energetic Radiation"), is currently the largest cosmic-ray detector for direct measurements, and has been developed for long-duration balloon flights. The instrument is unconventional in that it u ... More
Presented by Prof. Dietrich MULLER on 4/7/2007 at 15:30
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