Место издания:Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Marg, Navy Nagar, Colaba Mumbai, India Pune. India
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Аннотация:This paper presents the current status of the NUCLEON experiment aimed to the direct measurements of the elemental energy spectra of high-energy (1012-1015 eV) cosmic rays (CR) during 5 years (2008-2012) abroad the Russian regular satellite. The main goal is to clarify the long-standing problems of CR origin sites and mechanism of acceleration, peculiarities of diffusion in the Galaxy in the energy region near the knee by the measuring of secondary to primary ratio, differences in slopes of different nuclear components. Advantages and peculiarities of the project are discussed.