The direct detection of high-energy cosmic rays up to the PeV region is one of the major challenges for the next generation of space-borne cosmic-ray detectors. The physics performance will be primarily determined by their geometrical acceptance and energy resolution. CaloCube is a homogeneous calorimeter whose geometry allows an almost isotropic response, so as to detect particles arriving from every direction in space, thus maximizing the acceptance. A comparative study of different scintillating materials and mechanical structures has been performed by means of Monte Carlo simulation. The scintillation Cherenkov dual read-out technique has been also considered and its benefit evaluated.
CaloCube: An isotropic spaceborne calorimeter for high-energy cosmic rays. Optimization of the detector performance for protons and nuclei / Adriani, O.; Albergo, S.; Auditore, L.; Basti, A.; Berti, E.; Bigongiari, G.; Bonechi, L.; Bonechi, S.; Bongi, M.; Bonvicini, V.; Bottai, S.*; Brogi, P.; Carotenuto, G.; Castellini, G.; Cattaneo, P.W.; Daddi, N.; D'Alessandro, R.; Detti, S.; Finetti, N.; Italiano, A.; Lenzi, P.; Maestro, P.; Marrocchesi, P.S.; Mori, N.; Orzan, G.; Olmi, M.; Pacini, L.; Papini, P.; Pellegriti, M.G.; Rappoldi, A.; Ricciarini, S.; Sciuto, A.; Spillantini, P.; Starodubtsev, O.; Stolzi, F.; Suh, J.E.; Sulaj, A.; Tiberio, A.; Tricomi, A.; Trifiro, A.; Trimarchi, M.; Vannuccini, E.; Zampa, G.; Zampa, N.. - In: ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS. - ISSN 0927-6505. - ELETTRONICO. - 96:(2017), pp. 11-17. [10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.10.002]
CaloCube: An isotropic spaceborne calorimeter for high-energy cosmic rays. Optimization of the detector performance for protons and nuclei
Adriani, O.;Berti, E.;Bonechi, L.;Bongi, M.;Bottai, S.;D'Alessandro, R.;Lenzi, P.;Mori, N.;OLMI, MIRIAM;Pacini, L.;Papini, P.;Ricciarini, S.;Spillantini, P.;STARODUBTSEV, OLEKSANDR;Tiberio, A.;Vannuccini, E.;
2017
Abstract
The direct detection of high-energy cosmic rays up to the PeV region is one of the major challenges for the next generation of space-borne cosmic-ray detectors. The physics performance will be primarily determined by their geometrical acceptance and energy resolution. CaloCube is a homogeneous calorimeter whose geometry allows an almost isotropic response, so as to detect particles arriving from every direction in space, thus maximizing the acceptance. A comparative study of different scintillating materials and mechanical structures has been performed by means of Monte Carlo simulation. The scintillation Cherenkov dual read-out technique has been also considered and its benefit evaluated.
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