Authors
Ambriola, ML
Barbiellini, G
Bartalucci, S
Basini, G
Bellotti, R
Bergstroem, D
Bocciolini, M
Boezio, M
Bravar, U
Cafagna, F
Carlson, P
Casolino, M
Castellano, M
Ciacio, F
Circella, M
De Marzo, C
De Pascale, MP
Finetti, N
Francke, T
Hof, M
Kremer, J
Menn, W
Mitchell, JW
Morselli, A
Ormes, JF
Papini, P
Perego, A
Piccardi, S
Picozza, P
Ricci, M
Schiavon, P
Simon, M
Sparvoli, R
Spillantini, P
Stephens, SA
Stochaj, SJ
Streitmatter, RE
Suffert, M
Vacchi, A
Weber, N
Zampa, N
Citation
Ml. Ambriola et al., CAPRICE98: A balloon borne magnetic spectrometer to study cosmic ray antimatter and composition at different atmospheric depths, NUCL PH B-P, 78, 1999, pp. 32-37
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS
ISSN journal
09205632
→ ACNP
Volume
78
Year of publication
1999
Pages
32 - 37
Database
ISI
SICI code
0920-5632(199908)78:<32:CABBMS>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
CAPRICE98 is a superconducting magnetic spectrometer built by the WiZard co
llaboration. It was launched from Ft. Sumner, NM, USA on the 28th of May 19
98. For the first time a gas RICH detector has been flown together with a s
ilicon electromagnetic calorimeter. The instrument configuration included a
time of flight detector and a drift, chamber stack, which were placed in t
he region of a magnet field, for rigidity measurement. Science objectives f
or this experiment include the study of antimatter in cosmic rays and that
of cosmic ray composition in the atmosphere with special focus on muons.