Cosmic Rays - Research and Experiments

Research and Experiments

See also: Cosmic-ray observatory

There are a number of cosmic ray research initiatives. These include, but are not limited to:

  • Ground Experiment
    • Akeno Giant Air Shower Array
    • CHICOS
    • High Energy Stereoscopic System
    • High Resolution Fly's Eye Cosmic Ray Detector
    • MAGIC
    • MARIACHI
    • Pierre Auger Observatory
    • Telescope Array Project
    • Washington Large Area Time Coincidence Array
    • CLOUD
    • Spaceship Earth (detector)
    • Milagro
    • Real-time Neutron Monitor Database (NMDB)
    • KASCADE
    • GAMMA
    • GRAPES-3
    • HEGRA
    • Chicago Air Shower Array (CASA)
    • IceCube
  • Satellite Experiment
    • PAMELA
    • Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
    • ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer)
    • Voyager 1 and Voyager 2
    • Cassini–Huygens
    • HEAO 1, Einstein Observatory(HEAO2), HEAO 3
    • Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
    • Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
    • Interstellar Boundary Explorer
    • Langton Ultimate Cosmic-Ray Intensity Detector
  • Balloon-borne Experiment
    • BESS(Balloon-borne Experiment with Superconducting Spectrometer)
    • ATIC (Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter)
    • TRACER (cosmic ray detector)
    • TIGER
    • Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass(CREAM)
    • PERDaix
    • HEAT (High Energy Antimatter Telescope)

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