After successful recovery of the first CREAM (Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass)
instrument during the 2004/5 Antarctic campaign, the calorimeter was
refurbished for the third launch, planned for December 2007. In this CREAM-III
calorimeter, the optics were replaced with multi-clad fiber ribbons to enhance
the light signal. New readout electronics boards reduce noise even further than
the
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