Cosmic ray H and He spectra from 2 to 800 TeV/nucleon from the JACEE experiments

Results for the cosmic ray hydrogen and helium spectra up to 800 TeV, near the “knee” region, are presented. There is no sign of a break in either the hydrogen or helium spectra. The differential power law slopes are 2.80±0.04 for hydrogen and 2.68±0.06 for helium. With these new H and He measurements, together with earlier reported results for the heavier elements, the sum of the spectra give an all-particle spectrum that is in good agreement with the all-particle spectrum measured using extensive air showers.