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SiPM-based azimuthal position sensor in ANITA-IV Hi-Cal Antarctic balloon experiment

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2017
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Novikov, A.
Besson, David Zeke
Chernysheva, I.
Dmitrenko, V. V.
Grachev, V. M.
Petrenko, D.
Prohira, Steven
Shustov, A.
Ulin, S. E.
Uteshev, Z. M.
Vlasik, K. F.
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IOP Publishing
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Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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Hi-Cal (High-Altitude Calibration) is a balloon-borne experiment that will be launched in December, 2016 in Antarctica following ANITA-IV (Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna) and will generate a broad-band pulse over the frequency range expected from radiation induced by a cosmic ray shower. Here, we describe a device based on an array of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) for determination of the azimuthal position of Hi-Cal. The angular resolution of the device is about 3 degrees. Since at the float altitude of ~38 km the pressure will be ~0.5 mbar and temperature ~ − 20 °C, the equipment has been tested in a chamber over a range of corresponding pressures (0.5 ÷ 1000) mbar and temperatures (−40 ÷ +50) °C.
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http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27054
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https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/798/1/012217
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A. Novikov et al 2017 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 789 012217

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