TY - JOUR
T1 - Calorimetric electron telescope (calet) for the Japanese exposure facility on the ISS
AU - Yoshida, K.
AU - Torii, S.
AU - Tateyama, N.
AU - Tamura, T.
AU - Ouchi, T.
AU - Kashiwagi, T.
AU - Hibino, K.
AU - Nishimura, J.
AU - Yamagami, T.
AU - Saito, Y.
AU - Murakami, H.
AU - Kobayashi, T.
AU - Komori, Y.
AU - Kasahara, K.
AU - Yuda, T.
AU - Ohnishi, M.
AU - Shibata, M.
AU - Makino, F.
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - The CALET (CALorimetric Electron Telescope) instrument is proposed for the observation of TeV electrons at the Japanese Experiment Module Exposure Facility (JEM/EF) on the ISS, which is composed of an imaging calorimeter with scintillating fibers and lead plates, and a total absorption calorimeter with BGO logs. Since TeV electrons could reach only from the nearby sources within a distance less than 1 kpc, we can expect that the energy spectrum has a structural component and the arrival directions show an anisotropy. Therefore, we should be able to localize and identify the nearby cosmic-ray sources by the TeV electron observation. We report the status of development of the CALET instrument, which has a capability to observe electrons up to 10 TeV and a proton rejection power of ~ 10 6 . We expect to observe ~ 10 3 events over 1 TeV during the 3 years observation. By using the excellent imaging capability of the CALET, gamma-rays over the GeV region and the nuclear components up to 10 15 eV might also be observed.
AB - The CALET (CALorimetric Electron Telescope) instrument is proposed for the observation of TeV electrons at the Japanese Experiment Module Exposure Facility (JEM/EF) on the ISS, which is composed of an imaging calorimeter with scintillating fibers and lead plates, and a total absorption calorimeter with BGO logs. Since TeV electrons could reach only from the nearby sources within a distance less than 1 kpc, we can expect that the energy spectrum has a structural component and the arrival directions show an anisotropy. Therefore, we should be able to localize and identify the nearby cosmic-ray sources by the TeV electron observation. We report the status of development of the CALET instrument, which has a capability to observe electrons up to 10 TeV and a proton rejection power of ~ 10 6 . We expect to observe ~ 10 3 events over 1 TeV during the 3 years observation. By using the excellent imaging capability of the CALET, gamma-rays over the GeV region and the nuclear components up to 10 15 eV might also be observed.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0273-1177(01)00130-2
DO - 10.1016/S0273-1177(01)00130-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:6644223396
SN - 0273-1177
VL - 27
SP - 681
EP - 686
JO - Life sciences and space research
JF - Life sciences and space research
IS - 4
ER -