CAET Mission on the ISS
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
12-1-2008
Abstract
We are developing the CALorimetric Electron Telescope, CALET, mission for the Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility, JEM-EF, of the International Space Station. Major scientific objectives are to search for the nearby cosmic ray sources and dark matter by carrying out a precise measurement of the electrons in 1 GeV - 20 TeV and gamma rays in 20 MeV - several 10 TeV. CALET has a unique capability to observe electrons and gamma rays over 1 TeV since the hadron rejection power can be larger than 105 and the energy resolution better than a few % over 100 GeV. The detector consists of an imaging calorimeter with scintillating fibers and tungsten plates and a total absorption calorimeter with BGO scintillators. CALET has also a capability to measure cosmic ray H, He and heavy ions up to 1000 TeV. It also will have a function to monitor solar activity and gamma ray transients. The phase A study has started on a schedule of launch in 2013 by H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) for 5 year observation.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Recommended Citation
Torii, S., Hareyama, M., Hasebe, N., Kasahara, K., Kobayashi, S., Kodaira, S., Murakami, H., Ozawa, S., Udo, S., Yamashita, N., Ebisawa, K., Fuke, H., Nishimura, J., Saito, Y., Takayanagi, M., Tomida, H., Ueno, S., Yamagami, T., Hibino, K., Okuno, S., Tamura, T., Tateyama, N., Kobayashi, T., Kotani, T., Yamaoka, K., Yoshida, A., Shimizu, Y., Takita, M., Yuda, T., Katayose, Y., Shibata, M., Kamioka, E., & Kubota, A. (2008). CAET Mission on the ISS. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7021 https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788524