Photon and Helium Energy Spectra above 1 TeV for Primary Cosmic Rays

T. H. Burnett, S. Dake, M. Fuki, J. C. Gregory, T. Hayashi, R. Holynski, R. W. Huggett, S. D. Hunter, J. Iwai, W. V. Jones, A. Jurak, J. J. Lord, O. Miyamura, H. Oda, T. Ogata, T. A. Parnell, T. Saito, T. Tabuki, Y. Takahashi, T. Tominaga, J. W. Watts, B. Wilczynska, R. J. Wilkes, W. Wolter, and B. Wosiek
Phys. Rev. Lett. 51, 1010 – Published 12 September 1983
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Abstract

Energy spectra of protons and helium nuclei in the primary cosmic rays were measured above 1 TeV in a series of balloon flights of emulsion chambers. Differential spectra may be represented by power laws of indices -2.81±0.13 and -2.83±0.20 for protons and He, respectively. No index change was observed for either species over the energy ranges 5-500 TeV for protons and 2-50 TeV/nucleon for He. Intensities were consistent with extrapolations of previously published data below 1 TeV/nucleon.

  • Received 28 March 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.51.1010

©1983 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

T. H. Burnett, S. Dake, M. Fuki, J. C. Gregory*, T. Hayashi, R. Holynski, R. W. Huggett, S. D. Hunter, J. Iwai, W. V. Jones, A. Jurak, J. J. Lord, O. Miyamura, H. Oda, T. Ogata, T. A. Parnell, T. Saito, T. Tabuki, Y. Takahashi, T. Tominaga, J. W. Watts, B. Wilczynska, R. J. Wilkes, W. Wolter, and B. Wosiek

  • Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 188, Japan, and Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe 657, Japan, and Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka 560, Japan, and Science and Engineering Research Laboratory, Waseda University, Tokyo 162, Japan, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, and Space Science Laboratory, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama 35812, and Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, and Institute of Nuclear Physics, 30 055 Cracow, Poland

  • *Address for correspondence on this paper: J. C. Gregory, Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Ala. 35899.

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Vol. 51, Iss. 11 — 12 September 1983

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