研究者情報 | 神奈川大学

タムラ　タダヒサ Tamura Tadahisa 田村　忠久所属神奈川大学工学部応用物理学科神奈川大学大学院工学研究科工学専攻（応用物理学領域）職種教授
言語種別	日本語
発行・発表の年月	2009/06
形態種別	学術雑誌
査読	査読あり
標題	CALET Mission for the Observation of Cosmic Rays on the International Space Station
執筆形態	共著
掲載誌名	Transactions of Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Space Technology Japan
巻・号・頁	7(No.ists26),ph_23-ph_28頁
著者・共著者	T.Tamura S.Torii, K.Kasahara, et al.
概要	国際スペースステーションの日本実験棟「きぼう」の曝露部重量ペイロードとして計画している宇宙線観測装置CALETについて、装置の開発状況、および期待される観測成果（電子加速源候補である超新星残骸の同定の可能性、ガンマ線による高エネルギー天体観測、電子・ガンマ線観測による暗黒物質探索、原子核観測）を報告した。 We have proposed CALET (CALorimetric Electron Telescope) mission to make observations of high energy cosmic rays, electrons, gamma-rays, and nuclei, on the International Space Station (ISS). CALET mission has been approved as one of candidates for the next mission utilizing the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). The detector of CALET consists of an imaging calorimeter (IMC) and a total absorption calorimeter (TASC). Main objective of cosmic-ray observation with CALET is to determine precise energy spectrum of electrons up to 20 TeV. As the super nova remnants (SNR) are taken to be sources of electrons, some structure caused by nearby electron sources is expected to appear in the energy spectrum over 1 TeV. Gamma-rays from 20 MeV to a few TeV can be also observed by CALET. Because a thick TASC of CALET gives high energy resolution, annihilation line of SUSY particle, which is a candidate of the dark matter, can be detected. Observation of nuclei is also possible up to 1000 TeV owing to the thick TASC. We have been going on conceptual design of CALET to clear a next judgment in one or two years to proceed to practical development for launching in 2013.