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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Abbasi, R
• Abdou, Y
• Ackermann, M
• Adams, J
• Aguilar, JA
• Ahlers, M
• Altmann, D
• Andeen, K
• Auffenberg, J
• Bai, X
• Baker, M
• Barwick, S W
• Baum, V
• Bay, R
• Beattie, K
• Beatty, J J
• Bechet, S
• Becker, J K
• Becker, K-H
• Bell, M
• Benabderrahmane, M L
• BenZvi, S
• Berdermann, J
• Berghaus, P
• Berley, D
• Bernardini, E
• Bertrand, D
• Besson, D Z
• Bindig, D
• Bissok, M
• Blaufuss, E
• Blumenthal, J
• Boersma, D J
• Bohm, C
• Bose, D
• Boeser, S
• Botner, O
• Brayeur, L
• Brown, A M
• Bruijn, R
• Brunner, J
• Buitink, S
• Caballero-Mora, K S
• Carson, M
• Casey, J
• Casier, M
• Chirkin, D
• Christy, B
• Clevermann, F
• Cohen, S
• et. al

Titel

Cosmic ray composition and energy spectrum from 1a30 PeV using the 40-string configuration of IceTop and IceCube

Ist Teil von

• Astroparticle physics, 2013-02, Vol.42, p.15-32

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

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Quelle

ScienceDirect

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The mass composition of high energy cosmic rays depends on their production, acceleration, and propagation. The study of cosmic ray composition can therefore reveal hints of the origin of these particles. At the South Pole, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory is capable of measuring two components of cosmic ray air showers in coincidence: the electromagnetic component at high altitude (2835 m) using the IceTop surface array, and the muonic component above similar to 1 TeV using the IceCube array. This unique detector arrangement provides an opportunity for precision measurements of the cosmic ray energy spectrum and composition in the region of the knee and beyond. We present the results of a neural network analysis technique to study the cosmic ray composition and the energy spectrum from 1 PeV to 30 PeV using data recorded using the 40-string/40-station configuration of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.