Measurements of Energy of Cosmic-Ray Nuclei by Specific Energy Release at the Hadron Cascade Maximumстатья
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Аннотация:A method of measuring the particle energy in the range higher than 1 TeV based on detection of the maximum specific energy release in hadron cascades that develop in dense media is proposed and studied. This method makes it possible to improve the accuracy of energy measurements carried out with partial-absorption ionization calorimeters in the high-altitude studies of energy spectra of high energy cosmic rays. The attainable accuracies of energy measurements are considered for light, intermediate and heavy nuclei in iron and lead absorbers. The results of simulation are compared with the data of an experiment onboard the Kosmos-1713 satellite.