The 2007 BESS-Polar Scientific Flight in Antarctica

Masaya HASEGAWA; Atsushi HORIKOSHI; Shinya MATSUDA; Yasuhiro MAKIDA; Junichi SUZUKI; Kenichi TANAKA; Akira YAMAMOTO; Koji YOSHIMURA; Jun NISHIMURA; Kenichi SAKAI; Ryoko SHINODA; Reiko ORITO; Yosuke MATSUKAWA; Akira KUSUMOTO; Hideyuki FUKE; Takamasa YAMAGAMI; Tetsuya YOSHIDA; Thomas HAMS; John W. MITCHELL; Makoto SASAKI; Robert E. STREITMATTER; Ki-chun KIM; Moo-hyon LEE; Eun-suk SEO; Jonathan F. ORMES; Neeharika THAKUR

doi:10.2322/tstj.7.Tm_37

m) Scientific Observations and Related Technologies

The 2007 BESS-Polar Scientific Flight in Antarctica

Masaya HASEGAWA, Atsushi HORIKOSHI, Shinya MATSUDA, Yasuhiro MAKIDA, Junichi SUZUKI, Kenichi TANAKA, Akira YAMAMOTO, Koji YOSHIMURA, Jun NISHIMURA, Kenichi SAKAI, Ryoko SHINODA, Reiko ORITO, Yosuke MATSUKAWA, Akira KUSUMOTO, Hideyuki FUKE, Takamasa YAMAGAMI, Tetsuya YOSHIDA, Thomas HAMS, John W. MITCHELL, Makoto SASAKI, Robert E. STREITMATTER, Ki-chun KIM, Moo-hyon LEE, Eun-suk SEO, Jonathan F. ORMES, Neeharika THAKUR

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Masaya HASEGAWA
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Atsushi HORIKOSHI
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Shinya MATSUDA
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Yasuhiro MAKIDA
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Junichi SUZUKI
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Kenichi TANAKA
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Akira YAMAMOTO
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Koji YOSHIMURA
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Jun NISHIMURA
The University of Tokyo
Kenichi SAKAI
The University of Tokyo
Ryoko SHINODA
The University of Tokyo
Reiko ORITO
Kobe University
Yosuke MATSUKAWA
Kobe University
Akira KUSUMOTO
Kobe University
Hideyuki FUKE
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), JAXA
Takamasa YAMAGAMI
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), JAXA
Tetsuya YOSHIDA
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), JAXA
Thomas HAMS
Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA
John W. MITCHELL
Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA
Makoto SASAKI
Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA
Robert E. STREITMATTER
Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA
Ki-chun KIM
University of Maryland, College Park
Moo-hyon LEE
University of Maryland, College Park
Eun-suk SEO
University of Maryland, College Park
Jonathan F. ORMES
University of Denver
Neeharika THAKUR
University of Denver

Keywords: Balloon-Borne, Anti-Proton, Superconducting Spectrometer, Antarctica

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2009 Volume 7 Issue ists26 Pages Tm_37-Tm_45

DOI https://doi.org/10.2322/tstj.7.Tm_37

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Abstract

The Balloon-born Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer (BESS), aiming to search for antiparticles/antimatter in the cosmic radiation, successfully carried out the second scientific flight over Antarctica in 2007/2008 (BESS Polar-II), in the solar minimum period. The newly developed BESS Polar-II spectrometer including the solar-cell power supply system worked well during the flight, and more than 4.6 billion cosmic ray events were recorded for 24.5 days. This report describes overview of the scientific flight.

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