3-11 July 2007
Merida, Mexico
Mexico/General timezone
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Contribution Poster

Merida, Mexico - Regency (Hyatt)

Experiment SPHERE-2 status 2007

Speakers

  • Dr. Dmitry CHERNOV

Primary authors

  • Dr. Dmitry CHERNOV (Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics of Moscow State University)
  • Prof. Rem ANTONOV (Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics of Moscow State University)

Co-authors

Abstract content

New SPHERE-2 detector basic parameters are described.

New calorimetric method is used to study the primary cosmic rays energy spectrum and chemical composition at energy region 10 PeV - 1 EeV. The method is practically independent of the particle interaction model. Results of CORSIKA simulation of detector are presented.

Lifted by tied balloon to the 1 km altitude detector will detect EAS Cherenkov light reflected from the snow frozen surface of Baikal lake. First measurements are planned to the beginning of 2008.

Reference

Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference; Rogelio Caballero, Juan Carlos D'Olivo, Gustavo Medina-Tanco, Lukas Nellen, Federico A. Sánchez, José F. Valdés-Galicia (eds.); Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 2008; Vol. 5 (HE part 2), pages 945-948