3 papers
astro-ph.HE2024
Unveiling the nature of the knee in the cosmic ray energy spectrum
Huihai He, Hengying Zhang, Qinyi Cheng +2
The knee-like structure around 4 PeV is the most striking feature in the cosmic ray energy spectrum, whose origin remains enigmatic. We propose a novel concept of the total logarit…
astro-ph.HE2024
Approach for composition measurement of cosmic rays using the muon-to-electron ratio observed by LHAASO-KM2A
Xishui Tian, Zhuo Li, Quanbu Gou +4
Composition measurement of cosmic rays (CRs) around the knee of the CR energy spectrum is crucial for studying the processes of particle acceleration and propagation of Galactic CR…
physics.data-an2022
Measuring the attenuation length of muon number in the air shower with muon detectors of 3/4 LHAASO array
Xiaoting Feng, Hengying Zhang, Cunfeng Feng +1
LHAASO KM2A consists of 5915 scintillation detectors and 1188 muon detectors, and the muon detectors cover 4% area of the whole array with 30 m spacing. The muon number of air show…