Detector response and calibration of the cosmic-ray detector of the Sileye-3/Alteino experiment
Silicon detector
Settore FIS/07 - FISICA APPLICATA (A BENI CULTURALI
Cosmic ray
International Space Station
BIOLOGIA E MEDICINA)
7. Clean energy
Settore FIS/01 - FISICA SPERIMENTALE
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
AMBIENTALI
Nuclear abundance
Cosmic rays; Nuclear abundances; Silicon detector; International Space Station
DOI:
10.1016/j.asr.2005.03.136
Publication Date:
2005-06-10T11:55:01Z
AUTHORS (35)
ABSTRACT
Abstract The experiment Sileye-3/Alteino is constituted by a cosmic-ray silicon detector and an electroencephalograph. The main scientific aims include the investigation of the Light Flash phenomenon, the study of astronaut brain activity in space when subject to cosmic rays, the measurement of cosmic rays and the radiation environment inside the International Space Station. The experiment was operating on board the station from 27 April to 5 May 2002. The cosmic-ray detector is composed of eight silicon strip planes triggered by two scintillators placed on top and bottom of the stack. The detector is capable of identifying nuclei from B to As in the energy range above ≃60 MeV/n. Also protons and lighter particles are registered although with a reduced efficiency. The instrument was active in the Pirs module of the station for 130 h. In this work, we describe the silicon strip detector characteristics and its calibration performed using cosmic-ray nuclei.
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