Prototype of a segmented scintillator detector for particle flux measurements on spacecraft

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In this paper, we introduce a laboratory prototype of a solar energetic particle (SEP) detector which will operate along with other space-based instruments to give us more insight into the SEP physics.

• The instrument is designed to detect protons and electrons with kinetic energies from 10 to 100 MeV and from 1 to 10 MeV respectively.
• The detector is based on a scintillation cylinder divided into separated disks to get more information about detected particles.
• Scintillation light from isolated segments is collected by optical fibers and registered with silicon photo-multipliers (SiPM).