Physics – Instrumentation and Detectors
Scientific paper
2006-01-04
Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A563 (2006) 303-305
Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
Presented at TRDs for the 3rd millennium: Third Workshop on advanced Transition Radiation Detectors for accelerator and space
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nima.2006.02.164
In order to evaluate the response to cosmic-ray nuclei of a Compton-Scatter Transition Radiation Detector in the proposed ACCESS space-based mission, a hybrid Monte Carlo simulation using GEANT3 and an external transition radiation (TR) generator routine was constructed. This simulation was employed to study the effects of delta-ray production induced by high-energy nuclei and to maximize the ratio of TR to delta-ray background. The results demonstrate the ability of a Compton-Scatter Transition Radiation Detector to measure nuclei from boron to iron up to Lorentz factors ~ 10^5 taking into account the steeply falling power-law cosmic ray spectra.
Cherry Michael L.
Krizmanic John F.
Streitmatter Robert E.
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