NEW METHOD IN CALORIMETRY FOR SUPERHIGH ENERGY HADRONS

A new method in calorimetry for superhigh energy hadrons is proposed. The main feature of the method is the effective detection of soft neutrons, abundantly present in the superhigh energy hadron showers, by using neutron detectors insensitive to minimum ionizing particles. Such a calorimeter allows us to selectively detect the hadrons in the environment of high backgrounds of electrons, photons and muons.