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Description
HELIX (High Energy Light Isotope eXperiment) is a balloon-borne experiment designed to measure light cosmic-ray isotopes, including the propagation clock isotope Beryllium-10, in the energy range from 0.2 GeV/n to beyond 3 GeV/n. HELIX consists of a 1 Tesla superconducting magnet, a high-resolution gas drift chamber, a time-of-flight detector (ToF), and a ring imaging Cherenkov counter (RICH). The current detector configuration was chosen to achieve a good mass resolution within the energy range. A gas drift chamber was designed to reduce multiple scattering within the tracker. For efficient photon collection within the strong magnetic field, silicon photomultipliers are used for the ToF and RICH. The first long-duration balloon flight of HELIX is planned for 2024. I will present the design challenges and the current status of the HELIX payload.
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