Revised energy spectra for primary elements (H - Si) above 50 GeV from the ATIC-2 science flight
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2007
Abstract
The Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter (ATIC) long duration balloon experiment had a successful science flight (12/02 -1/03) accumulating 18 days of data during a single circumnavigation of Antarctica. ATIC measures the energy spectra of elements from H to Fe in primary cosmic rays using a fully active Bismuth Germanate calorimeter preceded by a carbon target, with embedded scintillator hodoscopes, and a silicon matrix charge detector at the top. Preliminary results from ATIC have been reported in previous conferences. The revised results reported here are derived from a new analysis of the data with improved charge resolution, lower background and revised energy calibration. The raw energy deposit spectra are de-convolved into primary energy spectra and extrapolated to the top of the atmosphere. We compare these revised results to previous data.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007
First Page
31
Last Page
34
Recommended Citation
Wefel, J., Adams, J., Ahn, H., Bashindzhagyan, G., Chang, J., Christl, M., Fazely, A., Ganel, O., Gunashingha, R., Guzik, T., Isbert, J., Kim, K., Kouznetsov, E., Panasyuk, M., Panov, A., Schmidt, W., Seo, E., Sokolskaya, N., Watts, J., Wu, J., & Zatsepin, V. (2007). Revised energy spectra for primary elements (H - Si) above 50 GeV from the ATIC-2 science flight. Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007, 2 (OG PART 1), 31-34. Retrieved from https://repository.lsu.edu/physics_astronomy_pubs/5495