ACE-CRIS Scintillating Optical Fiber Trajectory (SOFT) detector: a calibration at the NSCL

Paul L. Hink; W. Robert Binns; Joseph Klarmann; M. A. Olevitch

doi:10.1117/12.253979

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18 October 1996 ACE-CRIS Scintillating Optical Fiber Trajectory (SOFT) detector: a calibration at the NSCL

Paul L. Hink, W. Robert Binns, Joseph Klarmann, M. A. Olevitch

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Proceedings Volume 2806, Gamma-Ray and Cosmic-Ray Detectors, Techniques, and Missions; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.253979
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

The scintillating optical fiber trajectory (SOFT) detector, which is the hodoscope for the cosmic ray isotope spectrometer (CRIS) on the NASA advanced composition explorer (ACE) satellite, was calibrated using 155 MeV/n He, Li, C, N, O, Ne, and Ar at the Michigan State University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL). The instrument consists of three hodoscope fiber planes and one trigger plane which are read out by an image intensified CCD camera system and by intensified photodiodes respectively. The instrument is described and the detection efficiency and spatial resolution is presented.

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Paul L. Hink, W. Robert Binns, Joseph Klarmann, and M. A. Olevitch "ACE-CRIS Scintillating Optical Fiber Trajectory (SOFT) detector: a calibration at the NSCL", Proc. SPIE 2806, Gamma-Ray and Cosmic-Ray Detectors, Techniques, and Missions, (18 October 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.253979

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