Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-12-24
Astrophys.J. 498 (1998) 779-789
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
latex2e file, 30 pages, 15 figures, aas2pp4.sty and epsf.tex needed. To appear in May 10, 1998 issue of Ap. J
Scientific paper
10.1086/305573
Observations of cosmic-ray electrons and positrons have been made with a new balloon-borne detector, HEAT (the "High-Energy Antimatter Telescope"), first flown in 1994 May from Fort Sumner, NM. We describe the instrumental approach and the data analysis procedures, and we present results from this flight. The measurement has provided a new determination of the individual energy spectra of electrons and positrons from 5 GeV to about 50 GeV, and of the combined "all-electron" intensity (e+ + e-) up to about 100 GeV. The single power-law spectral indices for electrons and positrons are alpha = 3.09 +/- 0.08 and 3.3 +/- 0.2, respectively. We find that a contribution from primary sources to the positron intensity in this energy region, if it exists, must be quite small.
Barwick Steve W.
Beatty James J.
Bower Charles R.
Chaput Christopher James
Coutu Stephane
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