Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985stin...8622536l&link_type=abstract
Technical Progress Report Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia. Dept. of Physics.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Cerenkov Counters, Cosmic Ray Showers, Magnetic Monopoles, Neutrinos, Particle Telescopes, Pulsars, Radiation Detectors, Scintillation Counters, Arrays, Oscillations, Particle Energy, Radio Astronomy
Scientific paper
The deep underground Large Area Scintillation Detector and surface air shower array at the Homestake Gold Mine are now in operation. Beginning in January 1985, the underground detector has been searching for muons from Cygnus X-3; the surface-underground telescope has been collecting cosmic ray data since the Spring of 1985. We describe these data, and discuss the experiments to search for magnetic monopoles, neutrinos, and high energy cosmic ray air showers with these instruments and with a new atmospheric Cerenkov detector. There are three elements in the Homestake detector: a deep underground 140-ton Large Area liquid Scintillation Detector (LASD), an extensive air shower array located on the surface above the underground detector, and a Cerenkov telescope to view cosmic ray primary interactions in the upper atmosphere. The combined Large Area Scintillation Detector - Air Shower Array - Cerenkov Detector system is designed to: (1) search for massive magnetic monopoles; (2) measure the flux of high energy neutrinos, search for sources of these neutrinos, and look for neutrino oscillations; (3) measure the composition of very high energy cosmic rays; (4) search for and investigate the nature of the surface and underground flux from Cygnus X-3 and other binary pulsars; and (5) look for neutrino bursts from collapsing stars.
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