TY - GEN
T1 - CALET observational performance expected by CERN beam test
AU - Akaike, Yosui
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgment: We owe a part of the present calculations to ICRR, University of Tokyo. Author is supported by the Japan Society for Promotion of Science.
Funding Information:
We owe a part of the present calculations to ICRR, University of Tokyo. Author is supported by the Japan Society for Promotion of Science.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 Sociedade Brasileira de Fisica. All Rights Reserved.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) is planned to be placed on the International Space Station in 2014 to carry out the accurate measurements of electrons in 1 GeV - 20 TeV, gamma-rays in 10 GeV - 10 TeV, and protons and nuclei in several 10 GeV - 1000 TeV. The main calorimeter consists of a Charge Detector (CHD), an Imaging Calorimeter (IMC), and a Total Absorption Calorimeter (TASC). The total thickness is 30 X0 for electromagnetic particles or 1.3 λ for protons. CALET, with its imaging and deep calorimeter, provides excellent energy resolution and high background rejection. We carried out beam tests to assess the detector performances and the validity of our Monte Carlo simulations, using 10 - 290 GeV electron and 30 - 400 GeV proton beams at CERN-SPS. In this paper, we present the expected performance based on the agreement between measurements and predictions from the Monte Carlo simulations, including angular and energy resolutions and particle identification.
AB - CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) is planned to be placed on the International Space Station in 2014 to carry out the accurate measurements of electrons in 1 GeV - 20 TeV, gamma-rays in 10 GeV - 10 TeV, and protons and nuclei in several 10 GeV - 1000 TeV. The main calorimeter consists of a Charge Detector (CHD), an Imaging Calorimeter (IMC), and a Total Absorption Calorimeter (TASC). The total thickness is 30 X0 for electromagnetic particles or 1.3 λ for protons. CALET, with its imaging and deep calorimeter, provides excellent energy resolution and high background rejection. We carried out beam tests to assess the detector performances and the validity of our Monte Carlo simulations, using 10 - 290 GeV electron and 30 - 400 GeV proton beams at CERN-SPS. In this paper, we present the expected performance based on the agreement between measurements and predictions from the Monte Carlo simulations, including angular and energy resolutions and particle identification.
KW - Beam test
KW - CERN-SPS
KW - Calorimeter
KW - Monte Carlo simulation
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M3 - Conference contribution
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T3 - Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013
BT - Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013
PB - Sociedade Brasileira de Fisica
T2 - 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013
Y2 - 2 July 2013 through 9 July 2013
ER -