BETS (Balloon borne Electron Telescope with Scintillating fibers)

A cosmic electron detector incorporting an imaging calorimter. The calorimeter consists of scintillating fibers and lead plates.

Balloon launched on: 1/4/2004 at 15:57
Launch site: Syowa Station, Antarctica  
Balloon launched by: National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) / Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Polar Patrol Balloon  
Flight identification number: PPB Nº 7
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 1/17/2004
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): ~ 13 d
Landing site: Payload lost over Antartic Ocean.

• A Balloon Borne Electron Telescope with Scintillating Fibers 24th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Vol. 3, held August 28-September 8, 1995 in Rome, Italy
• High-energy electron observations by PPB-BETS flight in Antarctica submitted to Astropart. Phys
• Neutrino Signals from Annihilating/Decaying Dark Matter in the Light of Recent Measurements of Cosmic Ray Electron/Positron Fluxes Phys.Rev.D79 (2009) 043516