Properties of a New Group of Cosmic Nuclei: Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on Sodium, Aluminum, and Nitrogen

被引:24
作者
Aguilar, M. [32 ]
Cavasonza, L. Ali [1 ,2 ]
Alpat, B. [40 ]
Ambrosi, G. [40 ]
Arruda, L. [30 ]
Attig, N. [25 ,26 ]
Barao, F. [30 ]
Barrin, L. [16 ]
Bartoloni, A. [46 ]
Basegmez-du Pree, S. [19 ]
Battiston, R. [43 ,44 ]
Behlmann, M. [11 ]
Beranek, B. [1 ,2 ]
Berdugo, J. [32 ]
Bertucci, B. [40 ,41 ]
Bindi, V [21 ]
Bollweg, K. [22 ]
Borgia, B. [46 ,47 ]
Boschini, M. J. [34 ]
Bourquin, M. [17 ]
Bueno, E. F. [19 ]
Burger, J. [11 ]
Burger, W. J. [43 ]
Burmeister, S. [27 ]
Cai, X. D. [11 ]
Capell, M. [11 ]
Casaus, J. [32 ]
Castellini, G. [15 ]
Cervelli, F. [42 ]
Chang, Y. H. [51 ]
Chen, G. M. [7 ,8 ]
Chen, G. R. [24 ]
Chen, H. S. [7 ,8 ]
Chen, Y. [17 ,24 ]
Cheng, L. [24 ]
Chou, H. Y. [52 ,53 ]
Chouridou, S. [1 ,2 ]
Choutko, V [11 ]
Chung, C. H. [1 ,2 ]
Clark, C. [11 ,22 ]
Coignet, G. [4 ]
Consolandi, C. [21 ]
Contin, A. [9 ,10 ]
Corti, C. [21 ]
Cui, Z. [23 ,24 ]
Dadzie, K. [11 ]
Delgado, C. [32 ]
Della Torre, S. [34 ]
Demirkoz, M. B. [3 ]
Derome, L. [18 ]
机构
[1] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Phys Inst 1, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
[2] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, JARA FAME, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
[3] Middle East Tech Univ METU, Dept Phys, TR-06800 Ankara, Turkey
[4] Univ Grenoble Alpes, Univ Savoie Mt Blanc, CNRS, LAPP IN2P3, F-74000 Annecy, France
[5] Beihang Univ BUAA, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China
[6] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Elect Engn IEE, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
[7] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst High Energy Phys IHEP, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
[8] Univ Chinese Acad Sci UCAS, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
[9] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
[10] Univ Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
[11] MIT, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[12] Univ Maryland, East West Ctr Space Sci, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[13] Univ Maryland, IPST, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[14] Kyungpook Natl Univ, CHEP, Daegu 41566, South Korea
[15] CNR IROE, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[16] European Org Nucl Res CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
[17] Univ Geneva, DPNC, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
[18] Univ Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC IN2P3, F-38000 Grenoble, France
[19] Univ Groningen, Kapteyn Astron Inst, POB 800, NL-9700 AV Groningen, Netherlands
[20] Sun Yat Sen Univ SYSU, Guangzhou 510275, Peoples R China
[21] Univ Hawaii, Phys & Astron Dept, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
[22] NASA, Johnson Space Ctr JSC, Houston, TX 77058 USA
[23] Shandong Univ SDU, Jinan 250100, Shandong, Peoples R China
[24] Shandong Inst Adv Technol SDIAT, Jinan 250100, Shandong, Peoples R China
[25] Julich Supercomp Ctr, D-52425 Julich, Germany
[26] Res Ctr Julich, JARA FAME, D-52425 Julich, Germany
[27] Christian Alberts Univ Kiel, Inst Expt & Angew Phys, D-24118 Kiel, Germany
[28] Inst Astrofis Canarias IAC, San Cristobal la Laguna 38206, Spain
[29] Univ La Laguna, Dept Astrofis, Tenerife 38206, Spain
[30] Lab Instrumentacao & Fis Expt Particulas Lip, P-1649003 Lisbon, Portugal
[31] Natl Chung Shan Inst Sci & Technol NCSIST, Taoyuan 32546, Taiwan
[32] Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Tecnol CIEM, Madrid 28040, Spain
[33] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Ciudad De Mexico 01000, Mexico
[34] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milan, Italy
[35] Univ Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milan, Italy
[36] NRNU MEPhI Moscow Engn Phys Inst, Moscow 115409, Russia
[37] Southeast Univ SEU, Nanjing 210096, Peoples R China
[38] Univ Oulu, Sodankyla Geophys Observ, Oulu 90014, Finland
[39] Univ Oulu, Space Phys & Astron Res Unit, Oulu 90014, Finland
[40] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy
[41] Univ Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy
[42] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy
[43] INFN TIFPA, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
[44] Univ Trento, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
[45] Agenzia Spaziale Italiana ASI, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[46] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma 1, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[47] Univ Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[48] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[49] Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
[50] Acad Sinica Grid Ctr ASGC, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
基金
芬兰科学院; 美国国家科学基金会; 瑞士国家科学基金会;
关键词
RAY NUCLEI; ENERGY-SPECTRA; CHARGE COMPOSITION; SILICON; AMS-02; IRON;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.021101
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We report the properties of sodium (Na) and aluminum (Al) cosmic rays in the rigidity range 2.15 GV to 3.0 TV based on 0.46 million sodium and 0.51 million aluminum nuclei collected by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment on the International Space Station. We found that Na and Al, together with nitrogen (N), belong to a distinct cosmic ray group. In this group, we observe that, similar to the N flux, both the Na flux and Al flux are well described by the sums of a primary cosmic ray component (proportional to the silicon flux) and a secondary cosmic ray component (proportional to the fluorine flux). The fraction of the primary component increases with rigidity for the N, Na, and Al fluxes and becomes dominant at the highest rigidities. The Na/Si and Al/Si abundance ratios at the source, 0.036 +/- 0.003 for Na/Si and 0.103 +/- 0.004 for Al/Si, are determined independent of cosmic ray propagation.
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