Energy Spectrum of Primary Cosmic Rays at the “Knee” Region Observed with the Huairou Air Shower Array

Luo Guangxuan; Tan Youheng; Zhang Chunsheng; Dong Yuju; Yuan Peng; Zhang Huimin; Wang Hui; Yuang Yukui; Li Jing

Chinese Physics C> 1995, Vol. 19> Issue(S4) : 325-331

Energy Spectrum of Primary Cosmic Rays at the “Knee” Region Observed with the Huairou Air Shower Array

Institute of High Energy Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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Careful analysis has been made of 650,000 EAS events recorded by the Huairou EAS Array. The size spectrum and energy spectrum of primary cosmic rays in the range of 10¹⁵ to 5×10¹⁶ eV are obtained. The energy spectrum shows a clear and smooth "knee" structure around 3×10¹⁵eV. Except for the smooth bending feature of the "knee," it is consistent with the Akeno spectrum. Under the assumption of the so-called rigidity dependent cut model, by adjusting the bending energy E_c of the primary proton spectrum in the Monte Carlo simulation and comparing with the experimental spectrum, we found that the proper value of E_c is in the energy range of 160 to 240T eV.
- cosmic ray ,
- extensive air shower (EAS) ,
- EAS array ,
- shower size ,
- energy spectrum of primary cosmic rays ,
- “knee” structure

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Luo Guangxuan, Tan Youheng, Zhang Chunsheng, Dong Yuju, Yuan Peng, Zhang Huimin, Wang Hui, Yuang Yukui and Li Jing. Energy Spectrum of Primary Cosmic Rays at the “Knee” Region Observed with the Huairou Air Shower Array[J]. Chinese Physics C, 1995, 19(S4): 325-331.

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Energy Spectrum of Primary Cosmic Rays at the “Knee” Region Observed with the Huairou Air Shower Array

Institute of High Energy Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Received Date: 1994-07-14

Abstract: Careful analysis has been made of 650,000 EAS events recorded by the Huairou EAS Array. The size spectrum and energy spectrum of primary cosmic rays in the range of 10¹⁵ to 5×10¹⁶ eV are obtained. The energy spectrum shows a clear and smooth "knee" structure around 3×10¹⁵eV. Except for the smooth bending feature of the "knee," it is consistent with the Akeno spectrum. Under the assumption of the so-called rigidity dependent cut model, by adjusting the bending energy E_c of the primary proton spectrum in the Monte Carlo simulation and comparing with the experimental spectrum, we found that the proper value of E_c is in the energy range of 160 to 240T eV.

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