The new South Pole air shower experiment: SPASE-2

2000
19 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 440 (2000) 95-113
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Abstract: (Elsevier)
This paper describes a new coincidence experiment designed to improve understanding of the composition of the primary cosmic-ray beam around the knee of the spectrum. The experiment consists of an air shower array on the surface (SPASE-2), which works in coincidence with an array of air-Cherenkov detectors (VULCAN), and the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) deep in the ice. The experiment must cover the energy range from ∼10 14 to ∼3×10 16 eV to overlap with direct measurements at lower energy and encompass the regions of the knee and beyond in the cosmic ray spectrum.
  • 96.40.Pq
  • 96.40
  • Cosmic rays
  • Extensive air showers
  • Air-Cherenkov detectors
  • cosmic radiation: primary
  • showers: air
  • Cherenkov counter: air
  • scintillation counter: plastics
  • photomultiplier