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Performance of the ISS-CREAM calorimeter in a calibration beam test

H. G. Zhang·D. Angelaszek·M. Copley·J. H. Han·H. G. Huh·Y. S. Hwang·H. J. Hyun·J. A. Jeon·K. C. Kim·M. H. Kim·H. J. Kim·K. Kwashnak·H. Y. Lee·J. Lee·M. H. Lee·J. Lundquist·L. Lutz·A. Malinin·H. Park·J. M. Park·N. Picot-Clemente·E. S. Seo·J. Smith·J. Wu·Z. Y. Yin·Y. S. Yoon
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The Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass experiment for the International Space Station (ISS-CREAM) was installed on the ISS to measure high-energy cosmic-ray elemental spectra for the charge range $\rm Z=1$ to 26. The ISS-CREAM instrument includes a tungsten scintillating-fiber calorimeter preceded by a carbon target for energy measurements. The carbon target induces hadronic interactions, and showers of secondary particles develop in the calorimeter. The energy deposition in the calorimeter is proportional to the particle energy. As a predecessor to ISS-CREAM, the balloon-borne CREAM instrument was successfully flown seven times over Antarctica for a cumulative exposure of 191 days. The CREAM calorimeter demonstrated its capability to measure energies of cosmic-ray particles, and the ISS-CREAM calorimeter is expected to have a similar performance. Before the launch, an engineering-unit calorimeter was shipped to CERN for calibration and performance tests. This beam test included position, energy, and angle scans of electron and pion beams together with a high-voltage scan for calibration and characterization. Additionally, an attenuation effect in the scintillating fibers was studied. In this paper, beam test results, including corrections for the attenuation effect, are presented.

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H. G. Zhang, D. Angelaszek, M. Copley, J. H. Han, H. G. Huh, Y. S. Hwang, H. J. Hyun, J. A. Jeon, K. C. Kim, M. H. Kim, H. J. Kim, K. Kwashnak, H. Y. Lee, J. Lee, M. H. Lee, J. Lundquist, L. Lutz, A. Malinin, H. Park, J. M. Park, N. Picot-Clemente, E. S. Seo, J. Smith, J. Wu, Z. Y. Yin, Y. S. Yoon. 2021-06-09. Performance of the ISS-CREAM calorimeter in a calibration beam test. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2021.102583

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