The new South Pole air shower experiment - SPASE-2

Authors
Dickinson, JE Evenson, PA Gaisser, TK Gill, JR Hart, SP Hinton, JA Lloyd-Evans, J Martello, D Miller, TC Ogden, PA Patel, M Rochester, K Spiczak, GM Stanev, T Watson, AA
Citation
Je. Dickinson et al., The new South Pole air shower experiment - SPASE-2, NUCL INST A, 440(1), 2000, pp. 95-113
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
440
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
95 - 113
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(20000121)440:1<95:TNSPAS>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
This paper describes a new coincidence experiment designed to improve under standing of the composition of the primary cosmic-ray beam around the knee of the spectrum. The experiment consists of an air shower array on the surf ace (SPASE-2), which works in coincidence with an array of air-Cherenkov de tectors (VULCAN), and the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMAND A) deep in the ice. The experiment must cover the energy range from similar to 10(14) to similar to 3 x 10(16) eV to overlap with direct measurements at lower energy and encompass the regions of the knee and beyond in the cos mic ray spectrum. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.