PROPOSAL FOR A NEW CALIBRATION EXPERIMENT AT CHACALTAYA FOR A PRIMARYMASS ESTIMATION IN THE KNEE REGION

Authors
PROCUREUR J STAMENOV JN
Citation
J. Procureur et Jn. Stamenov, PROPOSAL FOR A NEW CALIBRATION EXPERIMENT AT CHACALTAYA FOR A PRIMARYMASS ESTIMATION IN THE KNEE REGION, Nuclear physics. B, 1997, pp. 285-287
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Year of publication
1997
Supplement
52B
Pages
285 - 287
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1997):<285:PFANCE>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A new EAS experiment at the observation level 550 g/cm(2) and a new sh ower selection devoted to unbiased estimations of the mass composition and energy spectrum of the primary cosmic radiation at energies 10(4) - 10(5) GeV is proposed and analyzed in an attempt to carry calibrati on between the direct and indirect methods for primary cosmic flux stu dies. For this purpose, the existing Chacaltaya EAS array has to be de signed with 4 new triggering systems and a powerful (1600 m(2)) muon d etector with E-mu greater than or equal to 0.6 GeV.