Measurements of proton, helium and muon spectra at small atmospheric depths with the BESS spectrometer

K. Abe; T. Sanuki; K. Anraku; Y. Asaoka; H. Fuke; S. Haino; N. Ikeda; M. Imori; K. Izumi; T. Maeno; Y. Makida; S. Matsuda; N. Matsui; T. Matsukawa; H. Matsumoto; J. W. Mitchell; A. A. Moiseev; J. Nishimura; M. Nozaki; S. Orito; J. F. Ormes; M. Sasaki; E. S. Seo; Y. Shikaze; T. Sonoda; R. E. Streitmatter; J. Suzuki; K. Tanaka; K. Tanizaki; T. Yamagami; A. Yamamoto; Y. Yamamoto; K. Yamato; T. Yoshida; K. Yoshimura

doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00676-2

Measurements of proton, helium and muon spectra at small atmospheric depths with the BESS spectrometer

K. Abe^*, T. Sanuki, K. Anraku, Y. Asaoka, H. Fuke, S. Haino, N. Ikeda, M. Imori, K. Izumi, T. Maeno, Y. Makida, S. Matsuda, N. Matsui, T. Matsukawa, H. Matsumoto, J. W. Mitchell, A. A. Moiseev, J. Nishimura, M. Nozaki, S. OritoJ. F. Ormes, M. Sasaki, E. S. Seo, Y. Shikaze, T. Sonoda, R. E. Streitmatter, J. Suzuki, K. Tanaka, K. Tanizaki, T. Yamagami, A. Yamamoto, Y. Yamamoto, K. Yamato, T. Yoshida, K. Yoshimura

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Abstract

The cosmic-ray proton, helium, and muon spectra at small atmospheric depths of 4.5-28 g/cm2 were precisely measured during the slow descending period of the BESS-2001 balloon flight. The variation of atmospheric secondary particle fluxes as a function of atmospheric depth provides fundamental information to study hadronic interactions of the primary cosmic rays with the atmosphere.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8-20
Number of pages	13
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	564
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00676-2
Publication status	Published - 2003 Jun 3
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Atmospheric muon
Atmospheric neutrino
Cosmic-ray helium
Cosmic-ray proton
Superconducting spectrometer

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Abe, K., Sanuki, T., Anraku, K., Asaoka, Y., Fuke, H., Haino, S., Ikeda, N., Imori, M., Izumi, K., Maeno, T., Makida, Y., Matsuda, S., Matsui, N., Matsukawa, T., Matsumoto, H., Mitchell, J. W., Moiseev, A. A., Nishimura, J., Nozaki, M., ... Yoshimura, K. (2003). Measurements of proton, helium and muon spectra at small atmospheric depths with the BESS spectrometer. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 564(1-2), 8-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00676-2

Abe, K, Sanuki, T, Anraku, K, Asaoka, Y, Fuke, H, Haino, S, Ikeda, N, Imori, M, Izumi, K, Maeno, T, Makida, Y, Matsuda, S, Matsui, N, Matsukawa, T, Matsumoto, H, Mitchell, JW, Moiseev, AA, Nishimura, J, Nozaki, M, Orito, S, Ormes, JF, Sasaki, M, Seo, ES, Shikaze, Y, Sonoda, T, Streitmatter, RE, Suzuki, J, Tanaka, K, Tanizaki, K, Yamagami, T, Yamamoto, A, Yamamoto, Y, Yamato, K, Yoshida, T & Yoshimura, K 2003, 'Measurements of proton, helium and muon spectra at small atmospheric depths with the BESS spectrometer', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 564, no. 1-2, pp. 8-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00676-2

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