On Measuring Cosmic Ray Energy Spectra with the Rapidity Distributions

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Apr 2000

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American Physical Society, April Meeting, April 29-May 2, 2000 Long Beach, CA, abstract #C16.011

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An important goal of cosmic ray research is to measure the elemental energy spectra of galactic cosmic rays up to 10^16 eV. This goal cannot be achieved with an ionization calorimeter because the required instrument is too massive for space flight. An alternate method will be presented. This method is based on measuring the primary particle energy by determining the angular distribution of secondaries produced in a target layer. The proposed technique can be used over a wide range of energies (10^11 -- 10^16 eV) and gives an energy resolution of 60% or better. Based on this technique, a conceptual design for a new instrument (KLEM) will be presented. Due to its light weight, this instrument can have a large aperture enabling the direct measurement of cosmic rays to 10^16 eV.

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