Intensity of protons at the "knee" of the cosmic ray spectrum

To Saito; T. Yuda; K. Kasahara; Shoji Torii; N. Hotta; M. Sakata; Y. Yamamoto

doi:10.1016/0927-6505(93)90011-2

Intensity of protons at the "knee" of the cosmic ray spectrum

To Saito, T. Yuda^*, K. Kasahara, Shoji Torii, N. Hotta, M. Sakata, Y. Yamamoto

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Abstract

A detailed study on the simultaneous observation of air showers and high energy families has been done through a Monte Carlo simulation. The simulation results are compared with the experimental data obtained at Mt. Norikura to obtain for the first time the absolute flux values of primary protons at energies around 10¹⁵-10¹⁶ eV. A large-scale hybrid experiment of air shower array and emulsion chamber at high altitude can provide unique information about the primary composition at energies around 10¹⁵-10¹⁷ eV. In particular the proton spectrum at the "knee" energy region can be obtained with accuracy better than 30%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	257-267
Number of pages	11
Journal	Astroparticle Physics
Volume	1
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0927-6505(93)90011-2
Publication status	Published - 1993
Externally published	Yes

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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