74 research outputs found
The RICH counter of the AMS experiment
The RICH counter of the AMS experiment is described and its expected
performances are discussed. Prototype results are reported.Comment: 5 pages, 7 figure
Simulation of atmospheric secondary hadron and lepton flux from satellite to underground experiments
The successful simulation results obtained in the interpretation of the recent AMS measurements of proton, leptons and light nuclei particle flux, are reviewed. A similar success in being met in the analysis of secondary particle flux measured in teh atmosphere (antiprotons, muons) and in underground experiments (neutrinos)
Nuclear Cosmic Rays propagation in the Atmosphere
The transport of the nuclear cosmic ray flux in the atmosphere is studied and
the atmospheric corrections to be applied to the measurements are calculated.
The contribution of the calculated corrections to the accuracy of the
experimental results are discussed and evaluated over the kinetic energy range
10-10 GeV/n. The Boron (B) and Carbon (C) elements system is used as a
test case. It is shown that the required corrections become largely dominant at
the highest energies investigated. The results are discussed.Comment: Proc. of 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Merida, Mexico; 4
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Precise simulation of secondary particle production and propagation in the atmosphere
Precise simulation of secondary particle production and propagation in the atmosphere is a very important issue for the atmospheric neutrino oscillation studies. To this purpose a full 3-Dimensions Monte-Carlo simulation of particle transport in the atmosphere is used to compute the flux of protons, muons and neutrinos. Recent balloon borne experiments performed a set of accurate measurement of different particle flux at different altitudes in the atmosphere. This set of data can be used to test and improve the calculations for the atmospheric neutrino production. The simulation results will be reported and compared with the latest flux measurements. In the oral presentation and in the updated version of the proceedings it will be shown that the level of precision reached by these experiments could be used to constrain the nuclear models used in the simulation. The implication of these results for the atmospheric neutrino flux calculation will also be presented and discussed
Origin of the high energy proton component below the geomagnetic cutoff in near earth orbit
The high flux proton component observed by AMS below the geomagnetic cutoff can be well accounted for by assuming these particles to be secondaries originating from the interaction of Cosmic Ray protons with the atmosphere. Simulation results are reporte
Experimental study of a proximity focusing Cherenkov counter prototype for the AMS experiment
A study prototype of Proximity Focussing Ring Imaging Cherenkov counter has
been built and tested with several radiators using separately cosmic-ray
particles and 12C beam fragmentation products at several energies. Counter
prototype and experimental setup are described, and the results of measurements
reported and compared with simulation results.The performances are discussed in
the perspective of the final counter design.Comment: 27 pages, 16 figures, submitted to NIM
Measurement of the Omega_c Lifetime
We present the measurement of the lifetime of the Omega_c we have performed
using three independent data samples from two different decay modes. Using a
Sigma- beam of 340 GeV/c we have obtained clean signals for the Omega_c
decaying into Xi- K- pi+ pi+ and Omega- pi+ pi- pi+, avoiding topological cuts
normally used in charm analysis. The short but measurable lifetime of the
Omega_c is demonstrated by a clear enhancement of the signals at short but
finite decay lengths. Using a continuous maximum likelihood method we
determined the lifetime to be tau(Omega_c) = 55 +13-11(stat) +18-23(syst) fs.
This makes the Omega_c the shortest living weakly decaying particle observed so
far. The short value of the lifetime confirms the predicted pattern of the
charmed baryon lifetimes and demonstrates that the strong interaction plays a
vital role in the lifetimes of charmed hadrons.Comment: 15 pages, including 7 figures; gzipped, uuencoded postscrip
Search for the exotic Resonance in 340GeV/c -Nucleus Interactions
We report on a high statistics search for the resonance in
-nucleus collisions at 340GeV/c. No evidence for this resonance is
found in our data sample which contains 676000 candidates above
background. For the decay channel and the
kinematic range 0.150.9 we find a 3 upper limit for the
production cross section of 3.1 and 3.5 b per nucleon for reactions with
carbon and copper, respectively.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, modification of ref. 43 and 4
Atmospheric neutrino flux from 3-dimensional simulation
The atmospheric muon and neutrino flux have been simulated using the same
approach which successfully accounted for the recent secondary proton, electron
and positron flux measurements in orbit by the AMS experiment. For the muon
flux, a good agreement is obtained with the CAPRICE and HEAT data for altitudes
ranging from sea level up to about 38 km. The general features of the
calculated atmospheric neutrino flux are reported and discussed. The flux
obtained at the Super-Kamiokande experiment location are reported and compared
with other calculations. For low neutrino energies the flux obtained is
significantly smaller than that used in the data analysis of underground
experiment. The simulation results for the SOUDAN experiment site are also
reported.Comment: 33 pages, 27 figures, 12 tables, final version for Phys. Rev.
Secondary proton flux induced by cosmic ray interactions with the atmosphere
The atmospheric secondary proton flux is studied for altitudes extending from
sea level up to the top of atmosphere by means of a 3-dimensional Monte-Carlo
simulation procedure successfully used previously to account for flux
measurements of protons, light nuclei, and electrons-positrons below the
geomagnetic cutoff (satellite data), and of muons and antiprotons (balloon
data). The calculated flux are compared with the experimental measurements from
sea level uo to high float ballon altitudes. The agreement between data and
simulation results are very good at all altitudes, including the lowest ones,
where the calculations become extremely sensitive to the proton production
cross section. The results are discussed in this context. The calculations are
extended to the study of quasi trapped particles above the atmosphere to about
5 Earth radii, for prospective purpose.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
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