Recent progress in EAS measurements and the single SNR model of the knee

✍ Scribed by A.D. Erlykin; A.W. Wolfendale

• Book ID: 104355753
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 306 KB
• Volume: 75
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0920-5632
• DOI: 10.1016/s0920-5632(99)00274-1

✦ Synopsis

New complex EAS measurements by CASA-MIA and KASCADE, which have very high statistical precision, are analysed in the light of the single SNR model ( SSM ) of the knee. It is shown that both EAS size spectra and their muon content have remarkable irregularities which coincide with the structures found by us in our 'world survey'. There is thus strong support for our model. Estimates of the protons and helium nuclei abundance in SNR are given.