The cosmic ray spectrum above 10(19) EV at Volcano Ranch and Haverah Park

• Main Author: Linsley, J.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1986
• Subjects: SPACE RADIATION; Yakutsk
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19860022038

The cosmic ray energy per particle spectrum above 10 to the 19th power eV is measured the same way that energy spectra are measured at much lower energies, by counting all of the particles in a specified energy range that are incident per unit time with trajectories within specified geometrical limits. Difficulties with background or poorly known detection efficiency are markedly less than in some other cosmic ray measurements. The fraction of primary energy given to muons, neutrinos, and slow hadrons is less than 10% in this region, so the primary energy equals the track length integral of the secondary electrons with only a small correction for the energy given to other kinds of particles. Results from Volcano Ranch and Haverah Park are compared with results from the Yakutsk experiment.