Properties of Heavy Secondary Fluorine Cosmic Rays: Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

Aguilar, M.; Cavasonza, L.; Allen, M.S.; Alpat, B.; Ambrosi, G.; Arruda, L.; Attig, N.; Barao, F.; Barrin, L.; Bartoloni, A.; Başeǧmez-Du Pree, S.; Battiston, R.; Behlmann, M.; Beranek, B.; Berdugo, J.; Bertucci, B.; Bindi, V.; Bollweg, K.; Borgia, B.; Boschini, M.J.; Bourquin, M.; Bueno, E.F.; Burger, J.; Burger, W.J.; Burmeister, S.; Cai, X.D.; Capell, M.; Casaus, J.; Castellini, G.; Cervelli, F.; Chang, Y.H.; Chen, G.M.; Chen, G.R.; Chen, H.S.; Chen, Y.; Cheng, L.; Chou, H.Y.; Chouridou, S.; Choutko, V.; Chung, C.H.; Clark, C.; Coignet, G.; Consolandi, C.; Contin, A.; Corti, C.; Cui, Z.; Dadzie, K.; Delgado, C.; Della Torre, S.; Demirköz, MELAHAT; Derome, L.; Di Falco, S.; Di Felice, V.; Díaz, C.; Dimiccoli, F.; Von Doetinchem, P.; Dong, F.; Donnini, F.; Duranti, M.; Egorov, A.; Eline, A.; Feng, J.; Fiandrini, E.; Fisher, P.; Formato, V.; Freeman, C.; Galaktionov, Y.; Gámez, C.; García-López, R.J.; Gargiulo, C.; Gast, H.; Gervasi, M.; Giovacchini, F.; Gómez-Coral, D.M.; Gong, J.; Goy, C.; Grabski, V.; Grandi, D.; Graziani, M.; Haino, S.; Han, K.C.; Hashmani, R.K.; He, Z.H.; Heber, B.; Hsieh, T.H.; Hu, J.Y.; Incagli, M.; Jang, W.Y.; Jia, Yi; Jinchi, H.; Kanishev, K.; Khiali, B.; Kim, G.N.; Kirn, Th.; Konyushikhin, M.; Kounina, O.; Kounine, A.; Koutsenko, V.; Kuhlman, A.; Kulemzin, A.; La Vacca, G.; Laudi, E.; Laurenti, G.; Lazzizzera, I.; Lebedev, A.; Lee, H.T.; Lee, S.C.; Li, J.Q.; Li, M.; Li, Q.; Li, S.; Li, J.H.; Li, Z.H.; Liang, J.; Light, C.; Lin, C.H.; Lippert, T.; Liu, J.H.; Liu, Z.; Lu, S.Q.; Lu, Y.S.; Luebelsmeyer, K.; Luo, J.Z.; Luo, Xi; Lyu, S.S.; Machate, F.; Mañá, C.; Marín, J.; Marquardt, J.; Martin, T.; Martínez, G.; Masi, N.; Maurin, D.; Menchaca-Rocha, A.; Meng, Q.; Mikhailov, V.V.; Mo, D.C.; Molero, M.; Mott, P.; Mussolin, L.; Negrete, J.; Nikonov, N.; Nozzoli, F.; Oliva, A.; Orcinha, M.; Palermo, M.; Palmonari, F.; Paniccia, M.; Pashnin, A.; Pauluzzi, M.; Pensotti, S.; Phan, H.D.; Piandani, R.; Plyaskin, V.; Poluianov, S.; Qin, X.; Qu, Z.Y.; Quadrani, L.; Rancoita, P.G.; Rapin, D.; Conde, A.; Robyn, E.; Rosier-Lees, S.; Rozhkov, A.; Rozza, D.; Sagdeev, R.; Schael, S.; Schulz Von Dratzig, A.; Schwering, G.; Seo, E.S.; Shakfa, Z.; Shan, B.S.; Siedenburg, T.; Solano, C.; Song, J.W.; Song, X.J.; Sonnabend, R.; Strigari, L.; Su, T.; Sun, Q.; Sun, Z.T.; Tacconi, M.; Tang, X.W.; Tang, Z.C.; Tian, J.; Ting, Samuel; Ting, S.M.; Tomassetti, N.; Torsti, J.; Tüysüz, C.; Urban, T.; Usoskin, I.; Vagelli, V.; Vainio, R.; Valencia-Otero, M.; Valente, E.; Valtonen, E.; Vázquez Acosta, M.; Vecchi, M.; Velasco, M.; Vialle, J.P.; Wang, C.X.; Wang, L.; Wang, L.Q.; Wang, N.H.; Wang, Q.L.; Wang, S.; Wang, X.; Wang, Yu; Wang, Z.M.; Wei, J.; Weng, Z.L.; Wu, H.; Xiong, R.Q.; Xu, W.; Yan, Q.; Yang, Y.; Yashin, I.I.; Yi, H.; Yu, Y.M.; Yu, Z.Q.; Zannoni, M.; Zhang, C.; Zhang, F.; Zhang, F.Z.; Zhang, J.H.; Zhang, Z.; Zhao, F.; Zheng, C.; Zheng, Z.M.; Zhuang, H.L.; Zhukov, V.; Zichichi, A.; Zuccon, P.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.126.081102

Properties of Heavy Secondary Fluorine Cosmic Rays: Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

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Aguilar M., Cavasonza L. A., Allen M., Alpat B., Ambrosi G., Arruda L., ...Daha Fazla

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, cilt.126, sa.8, 2021 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 126 Sayı: 8
Basım Tarihi: 2021
Doi Numarası: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.081102
Dergi Adı: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Chemical Abstracts Core, Compendex, EMBASE, INSPEC, MEDLINE, zbMATH, DIALNET
Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Precise knowledge of the charge and rigidity dependence of the secondary cosmic ray fluxes and the secondary-to-primary flux ratios is essential in the understanding of cosmic ray propagation. We report the properties of heavy secondary cosmic ray fluorine F in the rigidity R range 2.15 GV to 2.9 TV based on 0.29 million events collected by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment on the International Space Station. The fluorine spectrum deviates from a single power law above 200 GV. The heavier secondary-to-primary F/Si flux ratio rigidity dependence is distinctly different from the lighter B/O (or B/C) rigidity dependence. In particular, above 10 GV, the F/Si/B/O ratio can be described by a power law R-delta with delta = 0.052 +/- 0.007. This shows that the propagation properties of heavy cosmic rays, from F to Si, are different from those of light cosmic rays, from He to O, and that the secondary cosmic rays have two classes.