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Observation of the Identical Rigidity Dependence of He, C, and O Cosmic Rays at High Rigidities by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station

We report the observation of new properties of primary cosmic rays He, C, and O measured in the rigidity (momentum/charge) range 2 GV to 3 TV with 90×10^{6} helium, 8.4×10^{6} carbon, and 7.0×10^{6} oxygen nuclei collected by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) during the first five years of opera...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2017-12, Vol.119 (25), p.251101-251101, Article 251101
Main Authors: Aguilar, M, Ali Cavasonza, L, Alpat, B, Ambrosi, G, Arruda, L, Attig, N, Aupetit, S, Azzarello, P, Bachlechner, A, Barao, F, Barrau, A, Barrin, L, Bartoloni, A, Basara, L, Başeğmez-du Pree, S, Battarbee, M, Battiston, R, Becker, U, Behlmann, M, Beischer, B, Berdugo, J, Bertucci, B, Bindel, K F, Bindi, V, de Boer, W, Bollweg, K, Bonnivard, V, Borgia, B, Boschini, M J, Bourquin, M, Bueno, E F, Burger, J, Burger, W J, Cadoux, F, Cai, X D, Capell, M, Caroff, S, Casaus, J, Castellini, G, Cervelli, F, Chae, M J, Chang, Y H, Chen, A I, Chen, G M, Chen, H S, Cheng, L, Chou, H Y, Choumilov, E, Choutko, V, Chung, C H, Clark, C, Clavero, R, Coignet, G, Consolandi, C, Contin, A, Corti, C, Creus, W, Crispoltoni, M, Cui, Z, Dadzie, K, Dai, Y M, Datta, A, Delgado, C, Della Torre, S, Demakov, O, Demirköz, M B, Derome, L, Di Falco, S, Dimiccoli, F, Díaz, C, von Doetinchem, P, Dong, F, Donnini, F, Duranti, M, D'Urso, D, Egorov, A, Eline, A, Eronen, T, Feng, J, Fiandrini, E, Fisher, P, Formato, V, Galaktionov, Y, Gallucci, G, García-López, R J, Gargiulo, C, Gast, H, Gebauer, I, Gervasi, M, Ghelfi, A, Giovacchini, F, Gómez-Coral, D M, Gong, J, Goy, C, Grabski, V, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Guo, K H, Haino, S, Han, K C
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Summary:We report the observation of new properties of primary cosmic rays He, C, and O measured in the rigidity (momentum/charge) range 2 GV to 3 TV with 90×10^{6} helium, 8.4×10^{6} carbon, and 7.0×10^{6} oxygen nuclei collected by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) during the first five years of operation. Above 60 GV, these three spectra have identical rigidity dependence. They all deviate from a single power law above 200 GV and harden in an identical way.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.251101