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

M Aguilar; L Ali Cavasonza; B Alpat; G Ambrosi; L Arruda; N Attig; S Aupetit; P Azzarello; A Bachlechner; F Barao; A Barrau; L Barrin; A Bartoloni; L Basara; S Başeğmez-du Pree; M Battarbee; R Battiston; U Becker; M Behlmann; B Beischer; J Berdugo; B Bertucci; K F Bindel; V Bindi; W de Boer; K Bollweg; V Bonnivard; B Borgia; M J Boschini; M Bourquin; E F Bueno; J Burger; W J Burger; F Cadoux; X D Cai; M Capell; S Caroff; J Casaus; G Castellini; F Cervelli; M J Chae; Y H Chang; A I Chen; G M Chen; H S Chen; L Cheng; H Y Chou; E Choumilov; V Choutko; C H Chung; C Clark; R Clavero; G Coignet; C Consolandi; A Contin; C Corti; W Creus; M Crispoltoni; Z Cui; K Dadzie; Y M Dai; A Datta; C Delgado; S Della Torre; O Demakov; M B Demirköz; L Derome; S Di Falco; F Dimiccoli; C Díaz; P von Doetinchem; F Dong; F Donnini; M Duranti; D D'Urso; A Egorov; A Eline; T Eronen; J Feng; E Fiandrini; P Fisher; V Formato; Y Galaktionov; G Gallucci; R J García-López; C Gargiulo; H Gast; I Gebauer; M Gervasi; A Ghelfi; F Giovacchini; D M Gómez-Coral; J Gong; C Goy; V Grabski; D Grandi; M Graziani; K H Guo; S Haino; K C Han; Z H He; M Heil; J Hoffman; T H Hsieh; H Huang; Z C Huang; C Huh; M Incagli; M Ionica; W Y Jang; Yi Jia; H Jinchi; S C Kang; K Kanishev; B Khiali; G N Kim; K S Kim; Th Kirn; C Konak; O Kounina; A Kounine; V Koutsenko; A Kulemzin; G La Vacca; E Laudi; G Laurenti; I Lazzizzera; A Lebedev; H T Lee; S C Lee; C Leluc; H S Li; J Q Li; Q Li; T X Li; Y Li; Z H Li; Z Y Li; S Lim; C H Lin; P Lipari; T Lippert; D Liu; Hu Liu; V D Lordello; S Q Lu; Y S Lu; K Luebelsmeyer; F Luo; J Z Luo; S S Lyu; F Machate; C Mañá; J Marín; T Martin; G Martínez; N Masi; D Maurin; A Menchaca-Rocha; Q Meng; V M Mikuni; D C Mo; P Mott; T Nelson; J Q Ni; N Nikonov; F Nozzoli; A Oliva; M Orcinha; F Palmonari; C Palomares; M Paniccia; M Pauluzzi; S Pensotti; C Perrina; H D Phan; N Picot-Clemente; F Pilo; C Pizzolotto; V Plyaskin; M Pohl; V Poireau; L Quadrani; X M Qi; X Qin; Z Y Qu; T Räihä; P G Rancoita; D Rapin; J S Ricol; S Rosier-Lees; A Rozhkov; D Rozza; R Sagdeev; S Schael; S M Schmidt; A Schulz von Dratzig; G Schwering; E S Seo; B S Shan; J Y Shi; T Siedenburg; D Son; J W Song; M Tacconi; X W Tang; Z C Tang; D Tescaro; Samuel C C Ting; S M Ting; N Tomassetti; J Torsti; C Türkoğlu; T Urban; V Vagelli; E Valente; E Valtonen; M Vázquez Acosta; M Vecchi; M Velasco; J P Vialle; V Vitale; S Vitillo; L Q Wang; N H Wang; Q L Wang; X Wang; X Q Wang; Z X Wang; C C Wei; Z L Weng; K Whitman; H Wu; X Wu; R Q Xiong; W Xu; Q Yan; J Yang; M Yang; Y Yang; H Yi; Y J Yu; Z Q Yu; M Zannoni; S Zeissler; C Zhang; F Zhang; J Zhang; J H Zhang; S W Zhang; Z Zhang; Z M Zheng; H L Zhuang; V Zhukov; A Zichichi; N Zimmermann; P Zuccon; AMS Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.251101

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

Phys Rev Lett. 2017 Dec 22;119(25):251101. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.251101. Epub 2017 Dec 18.

Authors

M Aguilar¹, L Ali Cavasonza², B Alpat³, G Ambrosi³, L Arruda⁴, N Attig⁵, S Aupetit⁶, P Azzarello⁷, A Bachlechner², F Barao⁴, A Barrau⁶, L Barrin⁸, A Bartoloni⁹, L Basara¹⁰, S Başeğmez-du Pree¹¹, M Battarbee¹², R Battiston^{10

13}, U Becker¹⁴, M Behlmann¹⁴, B Beischer², J Berdugo¹, B Bertucci^{3

15}, K F Bindel¹⁶, V Bindi¹⁷, W de Boer¹⁶, K Bollweg¹⁸, V Bonnivard⁶, B Borgia^{9

19}, M J Boschini²⁰, M Bourquin⁷, E F Bueno²¹, J Burger¹⁴, W J Burger¹⁰, F Cadoux⁷, X D Cai¹⁴, M Capell¹⁴, S Caroff²², J Casaus¹, G Castellini²³, F Cervelli²⁴, M J Chae²⁵, Y H Chang²⁶, A I Chen¹⁴, G M Chen¹¹, H S Chen^{11

27}, L Cheng²⁸, H Y Chou²⁶, E Choumilov¹⁴, V Choutko¹⁴, C H Chung², C Clark¹⁸, R Clavero²⁹, G Coignet²², C Consolandi¹⁷, A Contin^{30

31}, C Corti¹⁷, W Creus³², M Crispoltoni^{3

15}, Z Cui²⁸, K Dadzie¹⁴, Y M Dai³³, A Datta¹⁷, C Delgado¹, S Della Torre²⁰, O Demakov¹⁴, M B Demirköz³⁴, L Derome⁶, S Di Falco²⁴, F Dimiccoli^{10

13}, C Díaz¹, P von Doetinchem¹⁷, F Dong³⁵, F Donnini^{3

15}, M Duranti³, D D'Urso³, A Egorov¹⁴, A Eline¹⁴, T Eronen¹², J Feng^{14

32}, E Fiandrini^{3

15}, P Fisher¹⁴, V Formato³, Y Galaktionov¹⁴, G Gallucci²⁴, R J García-López²⁹, C Gargiulo⁸, H Gast², I Gebauer¹⁶, M Gervasi^{20

36}, A Ghelfi⁶, F Giovacchini¹, D M Gómez-Coral³⁷, J Gong³⁵, C Goy²², V Grabski³⁷, D Grandi²⁰, M Graziani¹⁶, K H Guo³⁸, S Haino³², K C Han³⁹, Z H He³⁸, M Heil¹⁴, J Hoffman¹⁷, T H Hsieh¹⁴, H Huang³², Z C Huang³⁸, C Huh⁴⁰, M Incagli²⁴, M Ionica³, W Y Jang⁴⁰, Yi Jia¹⁴, H Jinchi³⁹, S C Kang⁴⁰, K Kanishev^{8

10}, B Khiali²⁶, G N Kim⁴⁰, K S Kim⁴⁰, Th Kirn², C Konak³⁴, O Kounina¹⁴, A Kounine¹⁴, V Koutsenko¹⁴, A Kulemzin¹⁴, G La Vacca^{20

36}, E Laudi⁸, G Laurenti³⁰, I Lazzizzera^{10

13}, A Lebedev¹⁴, H T Lee⁴¹, S C Lee³², C Leluc⁷, H S Li⁴², J Q Li³⁵, Q Li³⁵, T X Li³⁸, Y Li⁷, Z H Li¹¹, Z Y Li³², S Lim⁴⁰, C H Lin³², P Lipari⁹, T Lippert⁵, D Liu²⁶, Hu Liu^{14

1}, V D Lordello²¹, S Q Lu³², Y S Lu¹¹, K Luebelsmeyer², F Luo²⁸, J Z Luo³⁵, S S Lyu³⁸, F Machate², C Mañá¹, J Marín¹, T Martin¹⁸, G Martínez¹, N Masi³⁰, D Maurin⁶, A Menchaca-Rocha³⁷, Q Meng³⁵, V M Mikuni²¹, D C Mo³⁸, P Mott¹⁸, T Nelson¹⁷, J Q Ni³⁸, N Nikonov², F Nozzoli³, A Oliva¹, M Orcinha⁴, F Palmonari^{30

31}, C Palomares¹, M Paniccia⁷, M Pauluzzi^{3

15}, S Pensotti^{20

36}, C Perrina⁷, H D Phan¹⁴, N Picot-Clemente⁴³, F Pilo²⁴, C Pizzolotto³, V Plyaskin¹⁴, M Pohl⁷, V Poireau²², L Quadrani^{30

31}, X M Qi³⁸, X Qin¹⁴, Z Y Qu³², T Räihä², P G Rancoita²⁰, D Rapin⁷, J S Ricol⁶, S Rosier-Lees²², A Rozhkov¹⁴, D Rozza^{20

36}, R Sagdeev⁴⁴, S Schael², S M Schmidt⁵, A Schulz von Dratzig², G Schwering², E S Seo⁴³, B S Shan⁴⁵, J Y Shi³⁵, T Siedenburg², D Son⁴⁰, J W Song²⁸, M Tacconi^{20

36}, X W Tang¹¹, Z C Tang¹¹, D Tescaro²⁹, Samuel C C Ting^{14

8}, S M Ting¹⁴, N Tomassetti^{3

15}, J Torsti¹², C Türkoğlu³⁴, T Urban¹⁸, V Vagelli^{3

15}, E Valente^{9

19}, E Valtonen¹², M Vázquez Acosta²⁹, M Vecchi²¹, M Velasco¹, J P Vialle²², V Vitale¹⁰, S Vitillo⁷, L Q Wang²⁸, N H Wang²⁸, Q L Wang³³, X Wang¹⁴, X Q Wang^{11

27}, Z X Wang³⁸, C C Wei³², Z L Weng¹⁴, K Whitman¹⁷, H Wu³⁵, X Wu⁷, R Q Xiong³⁵, W Xu¹⁴, Q Yan¹⁴, J Yang²⁵, M Yang¹¹, Y Yang⁴², H Yi³⁵, Y J Yu³³, Z Q Yu¹¹, M Zannoni^{20

36}, S Zeissler¹⁶, C Zhang¹¹, F Zhang¹¹, J Zhang¹⁴, J H Zhang³⁵, S W Zhang^{11

27}, Z Zhang¹⁴, Z M Zheng⁴⁵, H L Zhuang¹¹, V Zhukov², A Zichichi^{30

31}, N Zimmermann², P Zuccon¹⁴; AMS Collaboration

Affiliations

¹ Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
² I. Physics Institute and JARA-FAME, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany.
³ INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
⁴ Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), P-1000 Lisboa, Portugal.
⁵ Jülich Supercomputing Centre and JARA-FAME, Research Centre Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany.
⁶ Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), CNRS/IN2P3 and Université Grenoble-Alpes, F-38026 Grenoble, France.
⁷ DPNC, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland.
⁸ European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland.
⁹ INFN Sezione di Roma 1, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
¹⁰ INFN TIFPA, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy.
¹¹ Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
¹² Space Research Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland.
¹³ Università di Trento, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy.
¹⁴ Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
¹⁵ Università di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
¹⁶ Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
¹⁷ Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.
¹⁸ National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center (JSC), Jacobs Engineering, and Business Integra, Houston, Texas 77058, USA.
¹⁹ Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
²⁰ INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
²¹ Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 369, 13560-970 São Carlos, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
²² Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), CNRS/IN2P3 and Université Savoie Mont Blanc, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France.
²³ CNR-IROE, I-50125 Firenze, Italy.
²⁴ INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy.
²⁵ Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea.
²⁶ National Central University (NCU), Chung-Li, Tao Yuan 32054, Taiwan.
²⁷ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing 100049, China.
²⁸ Shandong University (SDU), Jinan, Shandong 250100, China.
²⁹ Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), E-38205 La Laguna, and Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
³⁰ INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy.
³¹ Università di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy.
³² Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
³³ Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
³⁴ Department of Physics, Middle East Technical University (METU), 06800 Ankara, Turkey.
³⁵ Southeast University (SEU), Nanjing 210096, China.
³⁶ Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
³⁷ Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico, D. F. 01000 Mexico.
³⁸ Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), Guangzhou 510275, China.
³⁹ National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), Longtan, Tao Yuan 32546, Taiwan.
⁴⁰ CHEP, Kyungpook National University, 41566 Daegu, Korea.
⁴¹ Academia Sinica Grid Center (ASGC), Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
⁴² National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
⁴³ IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
⁴⁴ East-West Center for Space Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
⁴⁵ Beihang University (BUAA), Beijing 100191, China.

PMID: 29303302
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.251101

Abstract

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.