| Published Articles | |
| Title | Calibration of the CREAM calorimeter with beam test data |
| Author(s) | Han, J H (Maryland U.) ; Ahn, H S (Maryland U.) ; Amare, Y (Maryland U.) |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| In: | 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, China, 11 - 18 Aug 2011, pp.399 |
| DOI | 10.7529/ICRC2011/V06/1107 |
| Subject category | Detectors and Experimental Techniques |
| Accelerator/Facility, Experiment | CREAM CERN SPS CERN SPS |
| Test beam | H2 |
| Abstract | The Cosmic Ray Energetics An d Mass (CREAM) calorimeter (CAL) is designed to measure cosmic-ray elemental energy spectra from 10 12 eV to 10 15 eV. It is comprised of 20 layers of tungsten interleaved with 20 layers of scintillating fiber ribbons. Before each flight, the CAL is exposed to an electron beam. For CREAM-IV through CREAM-VI, beams of 150 GeV electrons were used for the calibration, and 100 GeV was used for CREAM-VII. For calibration purpose, we compare electron beam data with simulation results to find calibration constants with the unit of MeV/ADC. In this paper, we present calibration results, including energy resolutions for electrons and uniformity of response. We also discuss CAL calibration using various beam test data compared with Monte Carlo (MC) simulation data. |
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