On-orbit energy calibration of the calorimeter on the ISS-CREAM instrument using the boronated scintillator detector
| dc.contributor.author | Chen, Yu | |
| dc.contributor.author | Anderson, Tyler | |
| dc.contributor.author | Coutu, Stephane | |
| dc.contributor.author | LaBree, Tyler | |
| dc.contributor.author | Link, Jason T. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, John W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mognet, S.A. Isaac | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nutter, Scott L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sakai, Kenichi | |
| dc.contributor.author | Smith, Jacob | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yu, Monong | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-07-26T15:30:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-07-26T15:30:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-07-12 | |
| dc.description | 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021) July 12th – 23rd, 2021 Online – Berlin, Germany | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass instrument on the International Space Station (ISSCREAM) aims to measure the energy spectra of cosmic ray (CR) nuclei from Z=1 to Z=26 with energies from 10¹² eV to 10¹⁵ eV. The calorimeter (CAL) was designed to measure the energy of the CR particles. The ISS-CREAM on-orbit data provide evidence that the CAL may have either suffered from an efficiency problem or its energy scale may be in need of calibration. As a result, a careful scrutiny of the absolute energy calibration of the CAL is required. We describe an approach to calibrate the energy scale using the on-orbit data of the boronated scintillator detector, which is independent of the CAL data and reduces potential bias. We discuss the issues revealed by the on-orbit data, demonstrate how this can be corrected using the boronated scintillator detector and present preliminary results. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported in the U.S. by NASA grants NNX17AB43G, NNX17AB42G, and their predecessor grants, as well as by directed RTOP funds to NASA GSFC. The authors also thank M. Geske, Penn State, for contributions to the BSD, and K. Wallace at Northern Kentucky University for contributions to Monte Carlo simulations. We also recognize the contributions of past CREAM and ISS-CREAM collaborators. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://pos.sissa.it/395/074/pdf | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 8 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | conference papers and proceedings | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2s35r-7q8d | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Chen, Yu et al.; On-orbit energy calibration of the calorimeter on the ISS-CREAM instrument using the boronated scintillator detector; 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021), 12 July, 2021; https://pos.sissa.it/395/074/pdf | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/22098 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Proceedings of Science | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Center for Space Sciences and Technology | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Physics Department | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
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| dc.title | On-orbit energy calibration of the calorimeter on the ISS-CREAM instrument using the boronated scintillator detector | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |