Measurement of High-energy Cosmic-Ray Proton Spectrum from the ISS-CREAM Experiment

  • G. H. Choi
  • , E. S. Seo
  • , S. Aggarwal
  • , Y. Amare
  • , D. Angelaszek
  • , D. P. Bowman
  • , Y. C. Chen
  • , M. Copley
  • , L. Derome
  • , L. Eraud
  • , C. Falana
  • , A. Gerrety
  • , J. H. Han
  • , H. G. Huh
  • , A. Haque
  • , Y. S. Hwang
  • , H. J. Hyun
  • , H. B. Jeon
  • , J. A. Jeon
  • , S. Jeong
  • S. C. Kang, H. J. Kim, K. C. Kim, M. H. Kim, H. Y. Lee, J. Lee, M. H. Lee, L. Lu, J. P. Lundquist, L. Lutz, A. Menchaca-Rocha, O. Ofoha, H. Park, I. H. Park, J. M. Park, N. Picot-Clemente, R. Scrandis, J. R. Smith, R. Takeishi, N. Vedenkin, P. Walpole, R. P. Weinmann, H. Wu, J. Wu, Z. Yin, Y. S. Yoon, H. G. Zhang

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Abstract

The Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass for the International Space Station (ISS-CREAM) experiment successfully recorded data for 539 days from 2017 August to 2019 February. We report the energy spectrum of cosmic-ray protons from the ISS-CREAM experiment at energies from 1.60 × 103 to 6.55 × 105 GeV. The measured spectrum deviates from a single power law. A smoothly broken power-law fit to the data, including statistical and systematic uncertainties, shows the spectral index change at 9.0 × 103 GeV from 2.57 ± 0.03 to 2.82 ± 0.02 with a significance of greater than 3σ. This bump-like structure is consistent with a spectral softening recently reported by the balloon-borne CREAM, DAMPE, and NUCLEON, but ISS-CREAM extends measurements to higher energies.

Original languageEnglish
Article number107
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume940
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2022

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