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The HEAT (High-Energy Antimatter Telescope) instrument has been developed for a series of observations in cosmicray astrophysics that require the use of a superconducting magnet spectrometer. This paper describes the first configuration of HEAT which is optimized for the detection of cosmic-ray electrons and positrons below 100GeV. In addition to the spectrometer, a combination of time-of-flight scintillators, a transition radiation detector, and an electromagnetic shower counter, provides particle identification, energy measurement, and powerful ~sc~m~ation against the large background of protons. The ins~ent was successfully flown aboard ~gh-alti~de balloons in 1994 and 1995. The design and cons~ction of the spectrometer and of the detector systems are described, and the performance of the instrument is demonstrated with data obtained in flight.

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Author

S.W. Barwick; J.J. Beatty; C.R. Bower; C. Chaput; S. Coutu; G. de Nolfo; D. Ellithorpe; D. Ficenec; J. Knapp; D.M. Lowder; S. McKee; D. Müller; J.A. Musser; S.L̇. Nutter; E. Schneider; S.P. Swordy; K.K. Tang; G. Tarle; A.D. Tomasch; E. Torbet

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV; ScienceOpen (ISSN 0168-9002)

Published

1997

Language

EN

Field

Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)