HEAP-An instrument to measure the elemental abundances above 1015 eV at a lunar base

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Mar 1990

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Particle astrophysics. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 203, pp. 325-330 (1990).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Cosmic Rays, Abundances, Chemical Composition

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At ~=1015 eV the slope of the energy spectrum of cosmic rays becomes significantly steeper than at lower energies. The measurement of relative elemental abundances at these energies is expected to provide a means to resolve the origin of this feature and greatly contribute to the understanding of the sources of cosmic rays at high energies. We describe a moon based detector, HEAP, for making well-resolved elemental measurements at these energies using hadronic calorimetry. This detector is particularly well suited for a site on the lunar surface because there is no overlying layer of atmosphere and the large mass required can be provided by the lunar regolith.

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