HERO (High Energy Ray Observatory) optimization and current status
Abstract
The High-Energy Ray Observatory (HERO) is a space experiment based on a heavy ionization calorimeter for direct study of cosmic rays. The effective geometrical factor of the apparatus varies from 12 to 60 msr for protons depending on the weight of the calorimeter from 10 to 70 tons. During the exposure for 5 years this mission will make it possible to measure energy spectra of all abundant cosmic ray nuclei in the knee region (3 PeV) with individual resolution of charges with energy resolution better than 30\% and provide useful information to solve the puzzle of the cosmic ray knee origin. HERO mission will make it also possible to measure energy spectra of cosmic rays nuclei for energies 1-1000 TeV with very high precision and energy resolution (up to 3\% for calorimeter 70 tons) and study the fine structure of the spectra. The planned experiment launch is no earlier than 2029.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2306.13406,
title = {HERO (High Energy Ray Observatory) optimization and current status},
author = {Alexander Kurganov and Dmitry Karmanov and Alexander Panov and Dmitry Podorozhny and Leonid Tkachev and Andrey Turundaevsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.13406},
year = {2023}
}
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LaTeX,25 pages, 19 figures