3-11 July 2007
Merida, Mexico
Mexico/General timezone
- icrc2007@icrc2007.unam.mx
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Contribution Poster (WITHDRAWN)
Speakers
- Dr. Opher GANEL
Primary authors
- Dr. Opher GANEL (University of Maryland)
Co-authors
- Dr. HoSeok AHN (University of Maryland)
- Dr. MooHyun LEE (University of Maryland)
- Prof. Eun-Suk SEO (University of Maryland)
- YoungSoo YOON (University of Maryland)
Abstract content
In recent years, several different experiments have been flown to directly measure high energy cosmic-ray nuclei. To measure the energy of cosmic ray particles including protons and helium nuclei with reasonable accuracy at TeV-scale requires use of a calorimeter. This paper defines energy reach in a configuration-independent way and describes a method to compare a new design to existing experiments using a relatively simple Monte Carlo algorithm. As an example, the method is used to compare the proton energy reach of several recent calorimeter and emulsion experiments and to explore how far the energy reach can be extended with a space-based calorimeter.