Simulation of the ATIC-2 silicon matrix for protons and helium GCR Primaries at 0.3, 10, and 25 TeV/nucleon

J. Watts, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
J. H. Adams, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
G. Bashindzhagyan, Louisiana State University
K. E. Batkov, Lomonosov Moscow State University
J. Chang, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
M. Christl, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
A. R. Fazely, Southern University and A&M College
O. Ganel, Southern University and A&M College
R. M. Gunasingha, Southern University and A&M College
T. G. Guzik, Louisiana State University
J. Isbert, University of Maryland, College Park
K. C. Kim, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
E. Kouznetsov, Lomonosov Moscow State University
M. Panasyuk, Lomonosov Moscow State University
A. Panov, Lomonosov Moscow State University
W. K.H. Schmidt, Lomonosov Moscow State University
E. S. Seo, University of Maryland, College Park
R. Sina, University of Maryland, College Park
N. V. Sokolskaya, Lomonosov Moscow State University
J. Z. Wang, University of Maryland, College Park
J. P. Wefel, Louisiana State University
J. Wu, University of Maryland, College Park
V. Zatsepin, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Abstract

The energy deposition distribution for protons and helium galactic cosmic ray primaries at 0.3, 10, and 25 TeV/nucleon in the ATIC-2 silicon matrix detector are simulated with GEANT4.