Cosmic ray composition and energy spectrum from 1-30 PeV using the 40-string configuration of IceTop and IceCube

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dc.contributor.authorAbbasi, R.
dc.contributor.authorHill, G.
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe mass composition of high energy cosmic rays depends on their production, acceleration, and propagation. The study of cosmic ray composition can therefore reveal hints of the origin of these particles. At the South Pole, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory is capable of measuring two components of cosmic ray air showers in coincidence: the electromagnetic component at high altitude (2835 m) using the IceTop surface array, and the muonic component above ∼1 TeV using the IceCube array. This unique detector arrangement provides an opportunity for precision measurements of the cosmic ray energy spectrum and composition in the region of the knee and beyond. We present the results of a neural network analysis technique to study the cosmic ray composition and the energy spectrum from 1 PeV to 30 PeV using data recorded using the 40-string/40-station configuration of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. © 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityR. Abbasi ... G.C. Hill ... et al. The IceCube Collaboration
dc.identifier.citationAstroparticle Physics, 2013; 42:15-32
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.11.003
dc.identifier.issn0927-6505
dc.identifier.issn1873-2852
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/79387
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Science BV
dc.relation.grantARC
dc.rights© 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.11.003
dc.subjectCosmic rays
dc.subjectComposition
dc.subjectEnergy spectrum
dc.subjectIceCube
dc.subjectIceTop
dc.subjectKnee region
dc.titleCosmic ray composition and energy spectrum from 1-30 PeV using the 40-string configuration of IceTop and IceCube
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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