The super-TIGER scintillating fiber hodoscope

J. E. Ward; W. R. Binns; R. G. Bose; T. J. Brandt; D. L. Braun; W. M. Daniels; G. A. de Nolfo; P. F. Dowkontt; S. P. Fitzsimmons; D. J. Hahne; T. Hams; M. H. Israel; J. Klemic; A. W. Labrador; J. T. Link; R. A. Mewaldt; J. W. Mitchell; P. R. Moore; R. P. Murphy; M. A. Olevitch; B. F. Rauch; K. Sakai; F. San Sebastian; M. Sasaki; G. E. Simburger; E. C. Stone; C. J. Waddington; M. E. Wiedenbeck

The super-TIGER scintillating fiber hodoscope

J. E. Ward
, W. R. Binns
, R. G. Bose
, T. J. Brandt
, D. L. Braun
, W. M. Daniels
, G. A. de Nolfo
, P. F. Dowkontt
, S. P. Fitzsimmons
, D. J. Hahne
, T. Hams
, M. H. Israel
, J. Klemic
, A. W. Labrador
, J. T. Link
, R. A. Mewaldt
, J. W. Mitchell
, P. R. Moore
, R. P. Murphy
, M. A. Olevitch

B. F. Rauch, K. Sakai, F. San Sebastian, M. Sasaki, G. E. Simburger, E. C. Stone, C. J. Waddington, M. E. Wiedenbeck

Department of Physics

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Abstract

Super-TIGER is a large-area (5.4 m²) instrument that was successfully launched from Antarctica in December 2012. It was designed to measure the abundances of cosmic-ray nuclei in the charge interval 30 ≤ Z ≤ 42 with individual-element resolution and high statistical precision, and make exploratory measurements through Z = 56. It has also collected a large volume of data to measure with high statistical accuracy the energy spectra of the more abundant elements in the charge interval 10 ≤ Z ≤ 28 at energies 0.8 < E < 10 GeV/nucleon. Super-TIGER, which builds on the heritage of the smaller TIGER experiment, used a scintillating fiber hodoscope system to determine the straight-line trajectory of cosmic-ray particles incident on the instrument. This information allows for corrections for particle incident angle and detector area non-uniformities. A description of the hodoscope system along with details of the hodoscope’s flight performance are presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013
Publisher	Sociedade Brasileira de Fisica
ISBN (Electronic)	9788589064293
State	Published - 2013
Event	33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Duration: Jul 2 2013 → Jul 9 2013

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013
Volume	2013-October

Conference

Conference	33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013
Country/Territory	Brazil
City	Rio de Janeiro
Period	07/2/13 → 07/9/13

Keywords

Cosmic rays
Hodoscope
OB associations
Super-TIGER

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Ward, J. E., Binns, W. R., Bose, R. G., Brandt, T. J., Braun, D. L., Daniels, W. M., de Nolfo, G. A., Dowkontt, P. F., Fitzsimmons, S. P., Hahne, D. J., Hams, T., Israel, M. H., Klemic, J., Labrador, A. W., Link, J. T., Mewaldt, R. A., Mitchell, J. W., Moore, P. R., Murphy, R. P., ... Wiedenbeck, M. E. (2013). The super-TIGER scintillating fiber hodoscope. In Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013 (Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013; Vol. 2013-October). Sociedade Brasileira de Fisica.

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Ward, JE, Binns, WR, Bose, RG, Brandt, TJ, Braun, DL, Daniels, WM, de Nolfo, GA, Dowkontt, PF, Fitzsimmons, SP, Hahne, DJ, Hams, T, Israel, MH, Klemic, J, Labrador, AW, Link, JT, Mewaldt, RA, Mitchell, JW, Moore, PR, Murphy, RP, Olevitch, MA, Rauch, BF, Sakai, K, San Sebastian, F, Sasaki, M, Simburger, GE, Stone, EC, Waddington, CJ & Wiedenbeck, ME 2013, The super-TIGER scintillating fiber hodoscope. in Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013. Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013, vol. 2013-October, Sociedade Brasileira de Fisica, 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 07/2/13.

The super-TIGER scintillating fiber hodoscope. / Ward, J. E.; Binns, W. R.; Bose, R. G. et al.
Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013. Sociedade Brasileira de Fisica, 2013. (Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013; Vol. 2013-October).

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