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Evidence for changing of cosmic ray composition between 10^17 and 10^18 eV from multicomponent measurements

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Publication Type Journal Article
School or College College of Science
Department Physics
Creator Sokolsky, Pierre
Other Author Abu-Zayyad, T.; Belov, K.; Bird, D. J.; Boyer, J.; Cao, Z.; Catanese, M.; Chen, G. F.; Clay, R. W.; Covault, C. E.; Cronin, J. W.; Dai, H. Y.; Dawson, B. R.; Elbert, J. W.; Fick, B. E.; Fortson, L. F.; Fowler, J. W.; Gibbs, K. G.; Glasmacher, M. A. K.; Green, K. D.; Ho, Y.; Huang, A.; Jui, C. C.; Kidd, M. J.; Kieda, D. B.; Knapp, B. C.; Ko, S.; Larsen, C. G.; Lee, W.; Loh, E. C.; Mannel, E. J.; Matthews, J.; Matthews, J. N.; Newport, B. J.; Nitz, D. F.; Ong, R. A.; Simpson, K. M.; Smith, J. D.; Sinclair, D.; Sommers, P.; Song, C.; Tang, J. K. K.; Thomas, S. B.; van der Velde, J. C.; Wiencke, L. R.; Wilkinson, C. R.; Yoshida, S.; Zhang, X. Z.
Title Evidence for changing of cosmic ray composition between 10^17 and 10^18 eV from multicomponent measurements
Date 2000-05
Description The average mass composition of cosmic rays with primary energies between 1017 and 1018 eV has been studied using a hybrid detector consisting of the High Resolution Fly's Eye (HiRes) prototype and the MIA muon array. Measurements have been made of the change in the depth of shower maximum and the muon density as a function of energy. The results show that the composition is changing from a heavy to lighter mix as the energy increases.
Type Text
Publisher American Physical Society
Journal Title Physical Review Letters
Volume 84
Issue 19
First Page 4276
Last Page 4279
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.4276
citatation_issn 0031-9007
Subject Extensive air showers; Fluorescence; Energy spectrum; Muon density; Cherenkov light
Subject LCSH Cosmic rays; Cosmic ray showers; Muons; Cherenkov radiation
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Abu-Zayyad, T., Belov, K., Bird, D. J., Boyer, J., Cao, Z., Catanese, M., Chen, G. F., Clay, R. W., Covault, C. E., Cronin, J. W., Dai, H. Y., Dawson, B. R., Elbert, J. W., Fick, B. E., Fortson, L. F., Fowler, J. W., Gibbs, K. G., Glasmacher, M. A. K., Green, K. D., Ho, Y., Huang, A., Jui, C. C., Kidd, M. J., Kieda, D. B., Knapp, B. C., Ko, S., Larsen, C. G., Lee, W., Loh, E. C., Mannel, E. J., Matthews, J., Matthews, J. N., Newport, B. J., Nitz, D. F., Ong, R. A., Simpson, K. M., Smith, J. D., Sinclair, D., Sokolsky, P., Sommers, P., Song, C., Tang, J. K. K., Thomas, S. B., van der Velde, J. C., Wiencke, L. R., Wilkinson, C. R., Yoshida, S., & Zhang, X. Z.(2000). Evidence for changing of cosmic ray composition between 10^17 and 10^18 eV from multicomponent measurements. Physical Review Letters, 84(19), 4276-9.
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