Properties of Iron Primary Cosmic Rays: Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

(AMS Collaboration)

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Abstract

We report the observation of new properties of primary iron (Fe) cosmic rays in the rigidity range 2.65 GV to 3.0 TV with 0.62×106 iron nuclei collected by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment on the International Space Station. Above 80.5 GV the rigidity dependence of the cosmic ray Fe flux is identical to the rigidity dependence of the primary cosmic ray He, C, and O fluxes, with the Fe/O flux ratio being constant at 0.155±0.006. This shows that unexpectedly Fe and He, C, and O belong to the same class of primary cosmic rays which is different from the primary cosmic rays Ne, Mg, and Si class.

Original languageEnglish
Article number041104
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume126
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Jan 2021

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