Low-Energy Cosmic-Ray Composition and Energy Spectra Measured in June 1965

1967 ◽  
Vol 162 (5) ◽  
pp. 1291-1295 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. V. Reames ◽  
C. E. Fichtel
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1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. S553-S556 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. Comstock

The differential energy spectra of the cosmic-ray nuclei helium, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen above 30 MeV/nucleon, boron, neon, magnesium, and silicon above 50 MeV/nucleon, and the iron group above 100 MeV/nucleon, measured in October–December 1964 and May–June 1965 by the University of Chicago charged-particle telescope on board the OGO-I satellite (Comstock et al. 1966b), have been corrected to take account of the effective depletion depth of the gold–silicon solid-state detectors used for rate-of-energy-loss measurement. Additional data from October to December 1965 are included. The magnitudes and relative shapes of the spectra deduced by extrapolation to nearby interstellar space place important constraints on the allowed modes of interstellar propagation for these nuclei. Two-component models are shown to account for most of the observed properties of the interstellar cosmic-ray nuclei.



1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. S598-S600
Author(s):  
E. Tamai ◽  
M. Tsubomatsu ◽  
K. Ogura

Nuclear emulsions were exposed at 2.3 g cm−2 atmospheric depth over Fort Churchill in 1965. These emulsions have been examined for the tracks of multiply-charged [Formula: see text] nuclei, with emphasis being paid particularly to those particles that stopped in the emulsions. Differential energy spectra of α particles and [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]and [Formula: see text] nuclei were obtained in the energy interval 60–550 MeV/nucleon. They represent experimental results during the period when solar modulation effects were at a minimum. The fluxes of α particles and L, M, and H nuclei for energy intervals of 60–170, 100–400, 100–525, and 140–550 MeV/nucleon were found to be 20.9 ± 1.2, 2.4 ± 0.4, 4.8 ± 0.6, and 2.5 ± 0.4 particles m−2 sr−1 s−1, respectively. The results also show that the L/M and H/M ratios at the top of the atmosphere were 0.56 ± 0.16 and 0.34 ± 0.13 respectively, in the energy range from 140 to 350 MeV/nucleon. These values are appreciably greater than those observed at higher energies.



1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. S828-S830
Author(s):  
Masatoshi Kitamura

The solar diurnal variations of both meson and nucleon components of cosmic rays at sea level at geomagnetic latitude 57.5° and geomagnetic longitude 0° are analyzed by the model in which two anisotropies of cosmic-ray particles (one of them, Δj1, from about 20 h L.T. and the other, Δj2, from about 8 h L.T. in interplanetary space) produce the solar diurnal variation of the cosmic-ray intensity on the earth.When the energy spectra of Δj1 and Δj2 are represented by [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], respectively, where j0(E) is the normal energy spectrum of the primary cosmic rays, it is shown that the evaluation for m1 = 1, 2, m2 = 0 and the cutoffs at 8 and 10 BeV on the low-energy side of spectra of both Δj1 and Δj2 agree well with the observational results at Deep River.



1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. S539-S543 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. Hagge ◽  
V. K. Balasubrahmanyan ◽  
F. B. McDonald

Primary cosmic-ray energy spectra and charge composition have been measured during the 1965 period of solar modulation minimum. A dE/dx vs. E type of scintillator–photomultiplier detector on board the eccentric-orbiting NASA spacecraft OGO-I was used. The charge composition was measured through neon over an energy range of 25 to 200 MeV/nucleon, depending upon the specific component. The spectra for all groups are nearly flat during this time, with the oxygen flux at about 0.005 nucleus/(M2-sr-s-MeV/nucleon). The relative abundances found are Li, 0.27; Be, 0.11; B, 0.37; C, 1.20; N, 0.30; O 1.00; F, [Formula: see text]; Ne, 0 12 An L/M ratio of 0.30 ± 0.06 is found.



2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (supp01c) ◽  
pp. 1019-1021
Author(s):  
JOHN BELZ

The High-Resolution Fly's Eye cosmic ray observatory has been operating in monocular (stereo) mode for about three years (one year), during which time we have observed extensive airshowers with an integrated aperture of ~ 1500 km2-sr-yr (~ 400 km-sr-yr) at 5×1019 eV. We describe the HiRes experiment and the nitrogen fluorescence technique, and present data taken in both monocular and stereo modes including preliminary energy spectra.



1970 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 502-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Fubini ◽  
N. Lo Iudice ◽  
D. Prosperi ◽  
E. Salusti
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1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. S823-S824
Author(s):  
S. N. Vernov ◽  
A. N. Charakhchyan ◽  
T. N. Charakhchyan ◽  
Yu. J. Stozhkov

The results of the analysis of data obtained from measurements carried out by means of regular stratospheric launchings of cosmic-ray radiosondes over the Murmansk region and the Antarctic observatory in Mirny in 1963–66 are presented. The problem of the anisotropy of the primary component of low-energy cosmic rays and of temperature effects on the cosmic-ray intensity in the atmosphere are discussed.



1998 ◽  
Vol 81 (19) ◽  
pp. 4052-4055 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Matsunaga ◽  
S. Orito ◽  
H. Matsumoto ◽  
K. Yoshimura ◽  
A. Moiseev ◽  
...  
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1963 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-208
Author(s):  
L.V. Kurnosova ◽  
V.I. Logachev ◽  
L.A. Razorenov ◽  
M.I. Fradkin


2008 ◽  
Vol 680 (2) ◽  
pp. L105-L108 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Scherer ◽  
H. Fichtner ◽  
S. E. S. Ferreira ◽  
I. Büsching ◽  
M. S. Potgieter


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