The cosmic ray energy spectrum between 1014 and 1016 eV

M. A.K. Glasmacher; M. A. Catanese; M. C. Chantell; C. E. Covault; J. W. Cronin; B. E. Fick; L. F. Fortson; J. W. Fowler; K. D. Green; D. B. Kieda; J. Matthews; B. J. Newport; D. F. Nitz; R. A. Ong; S. Oser; D. Sinclair; J. C. Van Der Velde

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The cosmic ray energy spectrum between 10¹⁴ and 10¹⁶ eV

M. A.K. Glasmacher, M. A. Catanese, M. C. Chantell, C. E. Covault, J. W. Cronin, B. E. Fick, L. F. Fortson, J. W. Fowler, K. D. Green, D. B. Kieda, J. Matthews, B. J. Newport, D. F. Nitz, R. A. Ong, S. Oser, D. Sinclair, J. C. Van Der Velde

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The energy spectrum of cosmic rays with primary energies between 10¹⁴ eV and 10¹⁶ eV has been studied with the CASA-MIA air shower array. The measured differential energy spectrum is a power law (dj/dE ∝ E^-γ) with spectral indices γ of 2.66 ± 0.02 below approximately 10¹⁵ eV and 3.00 ± 0.05 above. A new method is used for measuring primary energy derived from ground-based data in a compositionally insensitive way. In contrast with some previous reports, the "knee" of the energy spectrum does not appear sharp, but rather a smooth transition over energies from 10¹⁵ eV to 3.0 × 10¹⁵ eV.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	291-302
Number of pages	12
Journal	Astroparticle Physics
Volume	10
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(98)00070-X
State	Published - May 1999

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Glasmacher, M. A. K., Catanese, M. A., Chantell, M. C., Covault, C. E., Cronin, J. W., Fick, B. E., Fortson, L. F., Fowler, J. W., Green, K. D., Kieda, D. B., Matthews, J., Newport, B. J., Nitz, D. F., Ong, R. A., Oser, S., Sinclair, D., & Van Der Velde, J. C. (1999). The cosmic ray energy spectrum between 10¹⁴ and 10¹⁶ eV. Astroparticle Physics, 10(4), 291-302. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(98)00070-X

Glasmacher, MAK, Catanese, MA, Chantell, MC, Covault, CE, Cronin, JW, Fick, BE, Fortson, LF, Fowler, JW, Green, KD, Kieda, DB, Matthews, J, Newport, BJ, Nitz, DF, Ong, RA, Oser, S, Sinclair, D & Van Der Velde, JC 1999, 'The cosmic ray energy spectrum between 10¹⁴ and 10¹⁶ eV', Astroparticle Physics, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 291-302. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(98)00070-X

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