Observation of Spectral Structures in the Flux of Cosmic-Ray Protons from 50 GeV to 60 TeV with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station

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العنوان: Observation of Spectral Structures in the Flux of Cosmic-Ray Protons from 50 GeV to 60 TeV with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station
المؤلفون: Adriani, O., Akaike, Y., Asano, K., Asaoka, Y., Berti, E., Bigongiari, G., Binns, W. R., Bongi, M., Brogi, P., Bruno, A., Buckley, J. H., Cannady, N., Castellini, G., Checchia, C., Cherry, M. L., Collazuol, G., Ebisawa, K., Ficklin, A. W., Fuke, H., Gonzi, S., Guzik, T. G., Hams, T., Hibino, K., Ichimura, M., Ioka, K., Ishizaki, W., Israel, M. H., Kasahara, K., Kataoka, J., Kataoka, R., Katayose, Y., Kato, C., Kawanaka, N., Kawakubo, Y., Kobayashi, K., Kohri, K., Krawczynski, H. S., Krizmanic, J. F., Maestro, P., Marrocchesi, P. S., Messineo, A. M., Mitchell, J. W., Miyake, S., Moiseev, A. A., Mori, M., Mori, N., Motz, H. M., Munakata, K., Nakahira, S., Nishimura, J., de Nolfo, G. A., Okuno, S., Ormes, J. F., Ozawa, S., Pacini, L., Papini, P., Rauch, B. F., Ricciarini, S. B., Sakai, K., Sakamoto, T., Sasaki, M., Shimizu, Y., Shiomi, A., Spillantini, P., Stolzi, F., Sugita, S., Sulaj, A., Takita, M., Tamura, T., Terasawa, T., Torii, S., Tsunesada, Y., Uchihori, Y., Vannuccini, E., Wefel, J. P., Yamaoka, K., Yanagita, S., Yoshida, A., Yoshida, K., Zober, W. V.
المصدر: Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 101102 (2022)
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: Astrophysics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
الوصف: A precise measurement of the cosmic-ray proton spectrum with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) is presented in the energy interval from 50 GeV to 60 TeV, and the observation of a softening of the spectrum above 10 TeV is reported. The analysis is based on the data collected during $\sim$6.2 years of smooth operations aboard the International Space Station and covers a broader energy range with respect to the previous proton flux measurement by CALET, with an increase of the available statistics by a factor of $\sim$2.2. Above a few hundred GeV we confirm our previous observation of a progressive spectral hardening with a higher significance (more than 20 sigma). In the multi-TeV region we observe a second spectral feature with a softening around 10 TeV and a spectral index change from =2.6 to -2.9 consistently, within the errors, with the shape of the spectrum reported by DAMPE. We apply a simultaneous fit of the proton differential spectrum which well reproduces the gradual change of the spectral index encompassing the lower energy power-law regime and the two spectral features observed at higher energies.
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نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.101102
الوصول الحر: http://arxiv.org/abs/2209.01302Test
رقم الانضمام: edsarx.2209.01302
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv