The Cosmic-Ray Energy Spectrum between 10 14.5 and 10 16.3 eV Covering the ``Knee'' Region
The Cosmic-Ray Energy Spectrum between 10 14.5 and 10 16.3 eV Covering the ``Knee'' Region
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覆盖“膝盖”区域的 10 14.5 和 10 16.3 eV 之间的宇宙射线能谱
DOI:
10.1086/177069
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发表时间:
1996
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通讯作者:
W. Zhou
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作者:
M. Amenomori;Z. Cao;B. Dai;L. Ding;Y. Feng;Z. Feng;K. Hibino;N. Hotta;Q. Huang;A. Huo;H. Jia;G. Jiang;S. Jiao;F. Kajino;K. Kasahara;Labaciren;S. M. Liu;D. Mei;L. Meng;X. Meng;Mimaciren;K. Mizutani;J. Mu;H. Nanjo;M. Nishizawa;M. Ohnishi;I. Ohta;T. Ouchi;J. Ren;T. Saito;M. Sakata;Z. Shi;M. Shibata;A. Shiomi;T. Shirai;H. Sugimoto;X. Sun;K. Taira;Y. Tan;N. Tateyama;S. Torii;H. Wang;C. Wen;Y. Yamamoto;G. Yu;P. Yuan;T. Yuda;C. S. Zhang;Haibin Zhang;Li Zhang;Zhasang;Zhaxiciren;W. Zhou
The Tibet array is the first air shower detector to search for 10 TeV gamma—ray point sources. This array also has a high sensitivity to air showers initiated by cosmic rays around the" knee" of the all» partie1e spectrum at 1015-1016 eV, with quite small ambiguity for the energy estimation. since the development, of air showers in this high—energy r'egioii, is (lose to maximum at Yangbajing altitude (4300 m above sea level), Using the data set taken with the Tibet, array in the period from 1990 October through 1993 July. we obtained the differential energy spectrum of primary cosmic rays between 3 X 10” and 2 x 10'6 eV eovering the knee region The Overall spectrum obtained does not resemble a single pOWer law and shows a gradual steepening of the slope at energies around 1015" 25 eV. The spectrum is expressed as J (E0): 1.5 x 10 2 “(EU/101175 e\")" 2'60i0'04 (in"" s’ lsrfl eV”) at E0< 10” 75 eV