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Electron-proton separation in calorimetry experiments directly measuring the composition and energy spectrum of cosmic rays

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National Research Nuclear University ‘MEPhI’, Kashirskoe shosse 31, Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation

Calorimetric particle detectors that play an important role in high-energy cosmic-ray balloon and satellite experiments not only have the major task of measuring energy but also face the problem of identifying electrons and protons. This problem is usually solved by measuring the longitudinal and traverse shower profiles and the total energy release in the calorimeter, using the fact that electromagnetic and hadronic showers differ in their spatial and energy distributions. In this paper, electron and proton identification methods for different types of calorimeters used in cosmic-ray balloon- and satellite-borne experiments are discussed.

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PACS: 29.40.Vj, 95.40.+s, 95.55.Vj (all)
DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0179.200909b.0931
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2009/9/b/
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Citation: Voronov S A, Borisov S V, Karelin A V "Electron-proton separation in calorimetry experiments directly measuring the composition and energy spectrum of cosmic rays" Phys. Usp. 52 879–890 (2009)
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Оригинал: Воронов С А, Борисов С В, Карелин А В «Разделение электронов и протонов с помощью калориметра в экспериментах по прямому измерению состава и энергетических спектров космических лучей» УФН 179 931–944 (2009); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0179.200909b.0931

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