South Pole Air Shower Experiment -2

摘要9318754盖瑟南极空气簇射实验(SPASE)由一个由24个闪烁探测器组成的大阵列(约20,000平方米)组成。它最初的设计目的是寻找超高能(100TeV)伽马射线，但自从1989年首次建造以来，它已经演变成现有最全面的高能天体物理天文台之一的一部分。与极地的其他仪器一起，Spase将继续寻找非常高能量的宇宙射线源，也将成为地球上测量能量超过100TeV的宇宙射线质量的最灵敏仪器的关键部件。这项奖励为空间应用研究中心的继续运作提供资金，以便在一定程度上提高其能力，并将其重新安置在距离南极站约一公里的新设立的天体物理学部门。Spase得到了特拉华大学巴托尔研究基金会和英国利兹大学之间的合作支持。其他几个机构也参与了南极的整体高能天体物理实验工作。***

Abstract 9318754 Gaisser The South Pole Air Shower Experiment (SPASE) consists of a large (about 20,000 square meters) array of 24 scintillation detectors. It was originally designed to search for ultra high energy (100 TeV) gamma rays, but since it was first built in 1989 it has evolved to become a part of one of the most comprehensive high energy astrophysics observatories in existence. In conjunction with other instruments at Pole, SPASE will continue its search for sources for very highest energy cosmic rays, and will also be a key component of what will become the most sensitive instrument on Earth for the measurement of the masses of cosmic rays with energies above 100 TeV. This award provides funds for the continuation of the operation of SPASE, to somewhat improve its capabilities and to relocate it in the newly established Astrophysics Sector, about one kilometer from the South Pole station. SPASE is supported by a collaboration between the Bartol Research Foundation of the University of Delaware and the University of Leeds, England. Several other institutions are also involved in the overall high energy astrophysics experimental effort at South Pole. ***