利用 IceTop 和 IceCube 的 40 弦配置研究 1-30 PeV 宇宙射线成分与能谱
高能天体物理现象
2016-02-23 v2 天体物理仪器与方法
摘要
高能宇宙射线的质量成分取决于其产生、加速和传播过程。因此，对宇宙射线成分的研究可以揭示这些粒子起源的线索。在南极，IceCube 中微子天文台能够同时测量宇宙射线空气簇射的两个分量：利用 IceTop 表面阵列测量高空（2835 米）的电磁分量，以及利用 IceCube 阵列测量约 1 TeV 以上的μ子分量。这种独特的探测器排列为在膝区及更高能区精确测量宇宙射线能谱和成分提供了机会。我们展示了利用神经网络分析技术研究宇宙射线成分和能谱的结果，数据范围为 1 PeV 至 30 PeV，使用的是 IceCube 中微子天文台 40 弦/40 站配置记录的数据。
引用
@article{arxiv.1207.3455,
title = {Cosmic Ray Composition and Energy Spectrum from 1-30 PeV Using the 40-String Configuration of IceTop and IceCube},
author = {IceCube Collaboration and R. Abbasi and Y. Abdou and M. Ackermann and J. Adams and J. A. Aguilar and M. Ahlers and D. Altmann and K. Andeen and J. Auffenberg and X. Bai and M. Baker and S. W. Barwick and V. Baum and R. Bay and K. Beattie and J. J. Beatty and S. Bechet and J. Becker Tjus and K. -H. Becker and M. Bell and M. L. Benabderrahmane and S. BenZvi and J. Berdermann and P. Berghaus and D. Berley and E. Bernardini and D. Bertrand and D. Z. Besson and D. Bindig and M. Bissok and E. Blaufuss and J. Blumenthal and D. J. Boersma and C. Bohm and D. Bose and S. Böser and O. Botner and L. Brayeur and A. M. Brown and R. Bruijn and J. Brunner and S. Buitink and K. S. Caballero-Mora and M. Carson and J. Casey and M. Casier and D. Chirkin and B. Christy and F. Clevermann and S. Cohen and D. F. Cowen and A. H. Cruz Silva and M. Danninger and J. Daughhetee and J. C. Davis and C. De Clercq and F. Descamps and P. Desiati and G. de Vries-Uiterweerd and T. DeYoung and J. C. Díaz-Vélez and J. Dreyer and J. P. Dumm and M. Dunkman and R. Eagan and J. Eisch and R. W. Ellsworth and O. Engdegård and S. Euler and P. A. Evenson and O. Fadiran and A. R. Fazely and A. Fedynitch and J. Feintzeig and T. Feusels and K. Filimonov and C. Finley and T. Fischer-Wasels and S. Flis and A. Franckowiak and R. Franke and K. Frantzen and T. Fuchs and T. K. Gaisser and J. Gallagher and L. Gerhardt and L. Gladstone and T. Glüsenkamp and A. Goldschmidt and J. A. Goodman and D. Góra and D. Grant and A. Groß and S. Grullon and M. Gurtner and C. Ha and A. Haj Ismail and A. Hallgren and F. Halzen and K. Hanson and D. Heereman and P. Heimann and D. Heinen and K. Helbing and R. Hellauer and S. Hickford and G. C. Hill and K. D. Hoffman and R. Hoffmann and A. Homeier and K. Hoshina and W. Huelsnitz and P. O. Hulth and K. Hultqvist and S. Hussain and A. Ishihara and E. Jacobi and J. Jacobsen and G. S. Japaridze and O. Jlelati and H. Johansson and A. Kappes and T. Karg and A. Karle and J. Kiryluk and F. Kislat and J. Kläs and S. R. Klein and J. -H. Köhne and G. Kohnen and H. Kolanoski and L. Köpke and C. Kopper and S. Kopper and D. J. Koskinen and M. Kowalski and M. Krasberg and G. Kroll and J. Kunnen and N. Kurahashi and T. Kuwabara and M. Labare and K. Laihem and H. Landsman and M. J. Larson and R. Lauer and M. Lesiak-Bzdak and J. Lünemann and J. Madsen and R. Maruyama and K. Mase and H. S. Matis and F. McNally and K. Meagher and M. Merck and P. Mészáros and T. Meures and S. Miarecki and E. Middell and N. Milke and J. Miller and L. Mohrmann and T. Montaruli and R. Morse and S. M. Movit and R. Nahnhauer and U. Naumann and S. C. Nowicki and D. R. Nygren and A. Obertacke and S. Odrowski and A. Olivas and M. Olivo and A. O'Murchadha and S. Panknin and L. Paul and J. A. Pepper and C. Pérez de los Heros and D. Pieloth and N. Pirk and J. Posselt and P. B. Price and G. T. Przybylski and L. Rädel and K. Rawlins and P. Redl and E. Resconi and W. Rhode and M. Ribordy and M. Richman and B. Riedel and J. P. Rodrigues and F. Rothmaier and C. Rott and T. Ruhe and D. Rutledge and B. Ruzybayev and D. Ryckbosch and S. M. Saba and T. Salameh and H. -G. Sander and M. Santander and S. Sarkar and K. Schatto and M. Scheel and F. Scheriau and T. Schmidt and M. Schmitz and S. Schoenen and S. Schöneberg and L. Schönherr and A. Schönwald and A. Schukraft and L. Schulte and O. Schulz and D. Seckel and S. H. Seo and Y. Sestayo and S. Seunarine and M. W. E. Smith and M. Soiron and D. Soldin and G. M. Spiczak and C. Spiering and M. Stamatikos and T. Stanev and A. Stasik and T. Stezelberger and R. G. Stokstad and A. Stößl and E. A. Strahler and R. Ström and G. W. Sullivan and H. Taavola and I. Taboada and A. Tamburro and S. Ter-Antonyan and S. Tilav and P. A. Toale and S. Toscano and M. Usner and N. van Eijndhoven and D. van der Drift and A. Van Overloop and J. van Santen and M. Vehring and M. Voge and C. Walck and T. Waldenmaier and M. Wallraff and M. Walter and R. Wasserman and Ch. Weaver and C. Wendt and S. Westerhoff and N. Whitehorn and K. Wiebe and C. H. Wiebusch and D. R. Williams and H. Wissing and M. Wolf and T. R. Wood and K. Woschnagg and C. Xu and D. L. Xu and X. W. Xu and J. P. Yanez and G. Yodh and S. Yoshida and P. Zarzhitsky and J. Ziemann and A. Zilles and M. Zoll},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.3455},
year = {2016}
}
备注
33 pages; accepted to Astroparticle Physics