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The spectrum of high-energy cosmic rays measured with KASCADE-Grande

The energy spectrum of cosmic rays between 10**16 eV and 10**18 eV, derived from measurements of the shower size (total number of charged particles) and the total muon number of extensive air showers by the KASCADE-Grande experiment, is…

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Cosmic rays in the GeV-TeV energy range from two types of supernovae

The AMS-02 experiment has reported precise measurements of energy spectra of several cosmic-ray species in the range of ~(0.5-2000) GeV/n. An intriguing finding is the differences in the spectral shape between the different species. Protons…

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Precise Measurement of the Cosmic Ray Helium Spectrum above 0.1 PeV

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Direct Measurement of the Cosmic-Ray Carbon and Oxygen Spectra from 10 GeV$/n$ to 2.2 TeV$/n$ with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station

In this paper, we present the measurement of the energy spectra of carbon and oxygen in cosmic rays based on observations with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) on the International Space Station from October 2015 to October 2019.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-21 O. Adriani , Y. Akaike , K. Asano , Y. Asaoka , M. G. Bagliesi , E. Berti , G. Bigongiari , W. R. Binns , M. Bongi , P. Brogi , A. Bruno , J. H. Buckley , N. Cannady , G. Castellini , C. Checchia , M. L. Cherry , G. Collazuol , K. Ebisawa , H. Fuke , S. Gonzi , T. G. Guzik , T. Hams , K. Hibino , M. Ichimura , K. Ioka , W. Ishizaki , M. H. Israel , K. Kasahara , J. Kataoka , R. Kataoka , Y. Katayose , C. Kato , N. Kawanaka , Y. Kawakubo , K. Kobayashi , K. Kohri , H. S. Krawczynski , J. F. Krizmanic , J. Link , P. Maestro , P. S. Marrocchesi , A. M. Messineo , J. W. Mitchell , S. Miyake , A. A. Moiseev , M. Mori , N. Mori , H. M. Motz , K. Munakata , S. Nakahira , J. Nishimura , G. A. de Nolfo , S. Okuno , J. F. Ormes , N. Ospina , S. Ozawa , L. Pacini , F. Palma , P. Papini , B. F. Rauch , S. B. Ricciarini , K. Sakai , T. Sakamoto , M. Sasaki , Y. Shimizu , A. Shiomi , R. Sparvoli , P. Spillantini , F. Stolzi , S. Sugita , J. E. Suh , A. Sulaj , M. Takita , T. Tamura , T. Terasawa , S. Torii , Y. Tsunesada , Y. Uchihori , E. Vannuccini , J. P. Wefel , K. Yamaoka , S. Yanagita , A. Yoshida , K. Yoshida