Monte Carlo Simulations of the ISS-CREAM Instrument
J. Wu*, Y. Amare, D. Angelaszek, N. Anthony, G.H. Choi, M. Chung,
M. Copley, L. Derome, L. Eraud, C. Falana, A. Gerrety, L. Hagenau, J.H. Han, H.G. Huh, Y.S. Hwang, H.J. Hyun, H.B. Jeon, J.A. Jeon, S. Jeong, S.C. Kang, H.J. Kim, K.C. Kim, M.H. Kim, H.Y. Lee, J. Lee, M.H. Lee, C. Lamb, J.F. Liang, L. Lu, J.P. Lundquist, L. Lutz, B. Mark, A. Menchaca-Rocha, T. Mernik, M. Nester, O. Ofoha, H. Park, I.H. Park, J.M. Park, N. Picot-Clemente, S. Rostsky, E.S. Seo, J.R. Smith, R. Takeishi, T. Tatoli, P. Walpole, R.P. Weinmann, Z. Yin, Y.S. Yoon, H.G. Zhang on behalf of the ISS-CREAM Collaborationet al. (click to show)
Pre-published on:
July 22, 2019
Published on:
July 02, 2021
Abstract
Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass for the International Space Station (ISS-CREAM) is designed to directly measure the energy spectra of high-energy cosmic rays, encompassing proton to iron nuclei, over the energy range from 1012 to 1015 eV [1]. The capability to measure an extended energy range enables us to probe the origin and acceleration mechanisms of cosmic rays. The ISS-CREAM instrument is configured with the balloon-borne CREAM calorimeter (CAL) for energy measurements and four layers of a finely segmented Silicon Charge Detector (SCD) for charge measurements. In addition, two new compact detectors have been developed for electron/proton separation: Top and Bottom scintillator-based counting detectors (TCD/BCD) and a boronated scintillator detector (BSD). Simulations use the GEANT3 package [2] with the FLUKA hadronic model [3]. An isotropic event generator was developed for the ISS-CREAM geometry with particles incident from the upper hemisphere. We will present simulation results regarding ISS-CREAM performance, including trigger rates, energy resolution, energy response, tracking resolution, charge efficiency, etc.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.358.0154
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