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Piersanti M, Ubertini P, Battiston R, Bazzano A, D'Angelo G, Rodi JG, Diego P, Zeren Z, Ammendola R, Badoni D, Bartocci S, Beolè S, Bertello I, Burger WJ, Campana D, Cicone A, Cipollone P, Coli S, Conti L, Contin A, Cristoforetti M, De Angelis F, De Donato C, De Santis C, Di Luca A, Fiorenza E, Follega FM, Gebbia G, Iuppa R, Lega A, Lolli M, Martino B, Martucci M, Masciantonio G, Mergè M, Mese M, Morbidini A, Neubüser C, Nozzoli F, Nuccilli F, Oliva A, Osteria G, Palma F, Palmonari F, Panico B, Papini E, Parmentier A, Perciballi S, Perfetto F, Perinelli A, Picozza P, Pozzato M, Rebustini G, Recchiuti D, Ricci E, Ricci M, Ricciarini SB, Russi A, Sahnoun Z, Savino U, Scotti V, Shen X, Sotgiu A, Sparvoli R, Tofani S, Vertolli N, Vilona V, Vitale V, Zannoni U, Zoffoli S, Zuccon P. Author Correction: Evidence of an upper ionospheric electric field perturbation correlated with a gamma ray burst. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8513. [PMID: 38129406 PMCID: PMC10739859 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44224-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Mirko Piersanti
- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy.
- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy.
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Natural Hazards, Ministry of Emergency Management of China, Beijing, 100085, People's Republic of China
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- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Scienze dell'Informazione e Matematica, University of L'Aquila, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy
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- INFN - Sezione di Torino, 10125, Torino, Italy
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- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
- Uninettuno University, 00186, Rome, Italy
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- University of Bologna, Bologna, 40127, Italy
- INFN - Sezione di Bologna, 40127, Bologna, Italy
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- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
- Fondazione Bruno Kessler, 38123, Povo, TN, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- INFN - Sezione di Bologna, 40127, Bologna, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
- CNR, V. Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
- Agenzia Spaziale Italia, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Napoli, Naples, 80126, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- University of Bologna, Bologna, 40127, Italy
- INFN - Sezione di Bologna, 40127, Bologna, Italy
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- University of Bologna, Bologna, 40127, Italy
- INFN - Sezione di Bologna, 40127, Bologna, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Napoli, Naples, 80126, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Napoli, Naples, 80126, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China
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- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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Piersanti M, Ubertini P, Battiston R, Bazzano A, D'Angelo G, Rodi JG, Diego P, Zeren Z, Ammendola R, Badoni D, Bartocci S, Beolè S, Bertello I, Burger WJ, Campana D, Cicone A, Cipollone P, Coli S, Conti L, Contin A, Cristoforetti M, De Angelis F, De Donato C, De Santis C, Di Luca A, Fiorenza E, Follega FM, Gebbia G, Iuppa R, Lega A, Lolli M, Martino B, Martucci M, Masciantonio G, Mergè M, Mese M, Morbidini A, Neubüser C, Nozzoli F, Nuccilli F, Oliva A, Osteria G, Palma F, Palmonari F, Panico B, Papini E, Parmentier A, Perciballi S, Perfetto F, Perinelli A, Picozza P, Pozzato M, Rebustini G, Recchiuti D, Ricci E, Ricci M, Ricciarini SB, Russi A, Sahnoun Z, Savino U, Scotti V, Shen X, Sotgiu A, Sparvoli R, Tofani S, Vertolli N, Vilona V, Vitale V, Zannoni U, Zoffoli S, Zuccon P. Evidence of an upper ionospheric electric field perturbation correlated with a gamma ray burst. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7013. [PMID: 37963921 PMCID: PMC10646044 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42551-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Earth's atmosphere, whose ionization stability plays a fundamental role for the evolution and endurance of life, is exposed to the effect of cosmic explosions producing high energy Gamma-ray-bursts. Being able to abruptly increase the atmospheric ionization, they might deplete stratospheric ozone on a global scale. During the last decades, an average of more than one Gamma-ray-burst per day were recorded. Nevertheless, measurable effects on the ionosphere were rarely observed, in any case on its bottom-side (from about 60 km up to about 350 km of altitude). Here, we report evidence of an intense top-side (about 500 km) ionospheric perturbation induced by significant sudden ionospheric disturbance, and a large variation of the ionospheric electric field at 500 km, which are both correlated with the October 9, 2022 Gamma-ray-burst (GRB221009A).
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Affiliation(s)
- Mirko Piersanti
- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy.
- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy.
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Natural Hazards, Ministry of Emergency Management of China, Beijing, 100085, People's Republic of China
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- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Scienze dell'Informazione e Matematica, University of L'Aquila, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy
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- INFN - Sezione di Torino, 10125, Torino, Italy
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- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
- Uninettuno University, 00186, Rome, Italy
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- University of Bologna, Bologna, 40127, Italy
- INFN - Sezione di Bologna, 40127, Bologna, Italy
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- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
- Fondazione Bruno Kessler, 38123, Povo, TN, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- INFN - Sezione di Bologna, 40127, Bologna, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
- CNR, V. Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
- Agenzia Spaziale Italia, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Napoli, Naples, 80126, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- University of Bologna, Bologna, 40127, Italy
- INFN - Sezione di Bologna, 40127, Bologna, Italy
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- University of Bologna, Bologna, 40127, Italy
- INFN - Sezione di Bologna, 40127, Bologna, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Napoli, Naples, 80126, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Napoli, Naples, 80126, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China
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- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- National Institute of Astrophysics, IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Italy
- TIFPA-INFN, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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Adams JH, Ahmad S, Allard D, Anzalone A, Bacholle S, Barrillon P, Bayer J, Bertaina M, Bisconti F, Blaksley C, Blin-Bondil S, Bobík P, Cafagna F, Campana D, Capel F, Casolino M, Cassardo C, Catalano C, Cremonini R, Dagoret-Campagne S, Danto P, del Peral L, de la Taille C, Díaz Damian A, Dupieux M, Ebersoldt A, Ebisuzaki T, Eser J, Evrard J, Fenu F, Ferrarese S, Fornaro C, Fouka M, Gorodetzky P, Guarino F, Guzman A, Hachisu Y, Haungs A, Judd E, Jung A, Karczmarczyk J, Kawasaki Y, Klimov PA, Kuznetsov E, Mackovjak S, Manfrin M, Marcelli L, Medina-Tanco G, Mercier K, Merino A, Mernik T, Miyamoto H, Morales de los Ríos JA, Moretto C, Mot B, Neronov A, Ohmori H, Olinto AV, Osteria G, Panico B, Parizot E, Paul T, Picozza P, Piotrowski LW, Plebaniak Z, Pliego S, Prat P, Prévôt G, Prieto H, Putis M, Rabanal J, Ricci M, Rojas J, Rodríguez Frías MD, Roudil G, Sáez Cano G, Sahnoun Z, Sakaki N, Sanchez JC, Santangelo A, Sarazin F, Scotti V, Shinozaki K, Silva H, Soriano JF, Suino G, Szabelski J, Toscano S, Tabone I, Takizawa Y, von Ballmoos P, Wiencke L, Wille M, Zotov M. A Review of the EUSO-Balloon Pathfinder for the JEM-EUSO Program. Space Sci Rev 2022; 218:3. [PMID: 35153338 PMCID: PMC8807436 DOI: 10.1007/s11214-022-00870-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
EUSO-Balloon is a pathfinder for JEM-EUSO, the mission concept of a spaceborne observatory which is designed to observe Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR)-induced Extensive Air Showers (EAS) by detecting their UltraViolet (UV) light tracks "from above." On August 25, 2014, EUSO-Balloon was launched from Timmins Stratospheric Balloon Base (Ontario, Canada) by the balloon division of the French Space Agency CNES. After reaching a floating altitude of 38 km, EUSO-Balloon imaged the UV light in the wavelength range ∼290-500 nm for more than 5 hours using the key technologies of JEM-EUSO. The flight allowed a good understanding of the performance of the detector to be developed, giving insights into possible improvements to be applied to future missions. A detailed measurement of the photoelectron counts in different atmospheric and ground conditions was achieved. By means of the simulation of the instrument response and by assuming atmospheric models, the absolute intensity of diffuse light was estimated. The instrument detected hundreds of laser tracks with similar characteristics to EASs shot by a helicopter flying underneath. These are the first recorded laser tracks measured from a fluorescence detector looking down on the atmosphere. The reconstruction of the direction of the laser tracks was performed. In this work, a review of the main results obtained by EUSO-Balloon is presented as well as implications for future space-based observations of UHECRs.
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- J. H. Adams
- University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, USA
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- Omega, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, Palaiseau, France
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- APC, Univ. Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Paris, France
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- INAF - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- APC, Univ. Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Paris, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
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- Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Torino, Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Torino, Torino, Italy
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- APC, Univ. Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Paris, France
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- Omega, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, Palaiseau, France
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama Japan
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- IRAP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- CNES, 18 avenue Edouard Belin, Toulouse, France
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- IRAP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA
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- CNES, 18 avenue Edouard Belin, Toulouse, France
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Torino, Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Center of Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Geophysics, Algiers, Algeria
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- APC, Univ. Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Paris, France
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Napoli, Naples, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Universitá di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama Japan
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA USA
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- APC, Univ. Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Paris, France
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- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, USA
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
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- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- CNES, 18 avenue Edouard Belin, Toulouse, France
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- Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
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- IRAP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France
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- ISDC Data Centre for Astrophysics, Versoix, Switzerland
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- RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama Japan
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Napoli, Naples, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Universitá di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- APC, Univ. Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Paris, France
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- Lehman College, City University of New York, New York, USA
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- RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama Japan
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Torino, Torino, Italy
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Lodz, Poland
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- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- APC, Univ. Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Paris, France
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- APC, Univ. Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Paris, France
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- Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- IRAP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France
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- Center of Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Geophysics, Algiers, Algeria
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- RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama Japan
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- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Napoli, Naples, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Universitá di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Torino, Torino, Italy
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Lodz, Poland
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- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Lodz, Poland
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- ISDC Data Centre for Astrophysics, Versoix, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- ECAP, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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von Doetinchem P, Perez K, Aramaki T, Baker S, Barwick S, Bird R, Boezio M, Boggs S, Cui M, Datta A, Donato F, Evoli C, Fabris L, Fabbietti L, Ferronato Bueno E, Fornengo N, Fuke H, Gerrity C, Gomez Coral D, Hailey C, Hooper D, Kachelriess M, Korsmeier M, Kozai M, Lea R, Li N, Lowell A, Manghisoni M, Moskalenko I, Munini R, Naskret M, Nelson T, Ng K, Nozzoli F, Oliva A, Ong R, Osteria G, Pierog T, Poulin V, Profumo S, Pöschl T, Quinn S, Re V, Rogers F, Ryan J, Saffold N, Sakai K, Salati P, Schael S, Serksnyte L, Shukla A, Stoessl A, Tjemsland J, Vannuccini E, Vecchi M, Winkler M, Wright D, Xiao M, Xu W, Yoshida T, Zampa G, Zuccon P. Cosmic-ray antinuclei as messengers of new physics: status and outlook for the new decade. J Cosmol Astropart Phys 2020; 2020:035. [PMID: 34712102 PMCID: PMC8549764 DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2020/08/035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The precise measurement of cosmic-ray antinuclei serves as an important means for identifying the nature of dark matter and other new astrophysical phenomena, and could be used with other cosmic-ray species to understand cosmic-ray production and propagation in the Galaxy. For instance, low-energy antideuterons would provide a "smoking gun" signature of dark matter annihilation or decay, essentially free of astrophysical background. Studies in recent years have emphasized that models for cosmic-ray antideuterons must be considered together with the abundant cosmic antiprotons and any potential observation of antihelium. Therefore, a second dedicated Antideuteron Workshop was organized at UCLA in March 2019, bringing together a community of theorists and experimentalists to review the status of current observations of cosmic-ray antinuclei, the theoretical work towards understanding these signatures, and the potential of upcoming measurements to illuminate ongoing controversies. This review aims to synthesize this recent work and present implications for the upcoming decade of antinuclei observations and searches. This includes discussion of a possible dark matter signature in the AMS-02 antiproton spectrum, the most recent limits from BESS Polar-II on the cosmic antideuteron flux, and reports of candidate antihelium events by AMS-02; recent collider and cosmic-ray measurements relevant for antinuclei production models; the state of cosmic-ray transport models in light of AMS-02 and Voyager data; and the prospects for upcoming experiments, such as GAPS. This provides a roadmap for progress on cosmic antinuclei signatures of dark matter in the coming years.
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- P. von Doetinchem
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2505 Correa Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822 U.S.A
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 U.S.A
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- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025 U.S.A
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- Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California at Irvine, 4129 Frederick Reines Hall, Irvine, CA 92697, U.S.A
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles, 475 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, U.S.A
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, Padriciano 99, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 90037, U.S.A
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- Purple Mountain Observatory, Yuanhua Road, Qixia District, Nanjing 210033, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2505 Correa Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822 U.S.A
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- Department of Physics, University of Turin, Via Pietro Giuria, 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria, 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute, Viale Francesco Crispi 7, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Via G. Acitelli, 22, 67100 Assergi, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Isotope and Fuel Cycle and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO BOX 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, U.S.A
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, James-Franck Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Landleven 12, 9717 AD Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, University of Turin, Via Pietro Giuria, 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria, 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA), Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2505 Correa Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822 U.S.A
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2505 Correa Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822 U.S.A
- Institute of Physics, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Circuito de la investigación científica, C.U. 04510, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, 500 W 120th St, New York, NY 10027, U.S.A
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- Theoretical Astrophysics, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Wilson and Kirk Rds, Batavia, IL 60510, U.S.A
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, 5640 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, U.S.A
- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, U.S.A
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- Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Physics, University of Turin, Via Pietro Giuria, 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria, 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
- Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA), Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210, Japan
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, Padriciano 99, 34149 Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universitá Trieste, Via Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19A Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 90037, U.S.A
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- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Via Agostino Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Bergamo, Viale Marconi 5, 24044 Dalmine, Italy
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- Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, U.S.A
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, CA 94305, U.S.A
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, Padriciano 99, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2505 Correa Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822 U.S.A
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Wroclaw, pl. M. Borna 9, 50-204 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2505 Correa Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822 U.S.A
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, Via Sommarive, 14, 38123 Povo, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Via Irnerio 46, Bologna 40126, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles, 475 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, U.S.A
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- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Strada Comunale Cinthia, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Laboratoire Univers & Particules de Montpellier, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France
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- Department of Physics and Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, U.S.A
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, James-Franck Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles, 475 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, U.S.A
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- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Via Agostino Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Bergamo, Viale Marconi 5, 24044 Dalmine, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 U.S.A
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles, 475 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, U.S.A
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, 500 W 120th St, New York, NY 10027, U.S.A
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- NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center), 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771, U.S.A
- CRESST, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD 21250, U.S.A
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- Laboratoire d’Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique Théorique, 9 Chemin de Bellevue, 74940 Annecy, France
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- I. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Sommerfeldstr. 14, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, James-Franck Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2505 Correa Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822 U.S.A
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2505 Correa Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822 U.S.A
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- Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Landleven 12, 9717 AD Groningen, The Netherlands
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- The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Alba Nova, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025 U.S.A
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 U.S.A
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, 17 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, 95129, U.S.A
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA), Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210, Japan
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, Padriciano 99, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, Via Sommarive, 14, 38123 Povo, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Via Sommarive 14, 38123 Povo, Italy
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Marcelli N, Adriani O, Barbarino GC, Bazilevskaya GA, Bellotti R, Boezio M, Bogomolov EA, Bongi M, Bonvicini V, Bottai S, Bruno A, Cafagna F, Campana D, Carlson P, Casolino M, Castellini G, De Santis C, Di Felice V, Galper AM, Karelin A, Koldashov SV, Koldobskiy S, Krutkov SY, Kvashnin AN, Leonov A, Malakhov V, Marcelli L, Martucci M, Mayorov AG, Menn W, Mergè M, Mikhailov VV, Mocchiutti E, Monaco A, Mori N, Munini R, Osteria G, Panico B, Papini P, Pearce M, Picozza P, Ricci M, Ricciarini SB, Simon M, Sparvoli R, Spillantini P, Stozhkov YI, Vacchi A, Vannuccini E, Vasilyev G, Voronov SA, Yurkin YT, Zampa G, Zampa N, Potgieter MS, Aslam OPM, Bisschoff D. Time dependence of the helium flux measured by PAMELA. EPJ Web Conf 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201920901004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Precision measurements of the Z = 2 component in cosmic radiation provide crucial information about the origin and propagation of the second most abundant cosmic ray species in the Galaxy (9% of the total). These measurements, acquired with the PAMELA space experiment orbiting Earth, allow to study solar modulation in details. Helium modulation is compared to the modulation of protons to study possible dependencies on charge and mass. The time dependence of helium fluxes on a monthly basis measured by PAMELA has been studied for the period between July 2006 to January 2016 in the energy range from 800 MeV/n to ~ 20 GeV/n.
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Alfonsi L, Ambroglini F, Ambrosi G, Ammendola R, Assante D, Badoni D, Belyaev V, Burger W, Cafagna A, Cipollone P, Consolini G, Conti L, Contin A, Angelis E, Donato C, Franceschi G, Santis A, Santis C, Diego P, Durante M, Fornaro C, Guandalini C, Laurenti G, Laurenza M, Lazzizzera I, Lolli M, Manea C, Marcelli L, Marcucci F, Masciantonio G, Osteria G, Palma F, Palmonari F, Panico B, Patrizii L, Picozza P, Pozzato M, Rashevskaya I, Ricci M, Rovituso M, Scotti V, Sotgiu A, Sparvoli R, Spataro B, Spogli L, Tommasino F, Ubertini P, Vannaroni G, Xuhui S, Zoffoli S. The HEPD particle detector and the EFD electric field detector for the CSES satellite. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Adriani O, Barbarino GC, Bazilevskaya GA, Bellotti R, Boezio M, Bogomolov EA, Bongi M, Bonvicini V, Bottai S, Bruno A, Cafagna F, Campana D, Carlson P, Casolino M, Castellini G, De Santis C, Di Felice V, Galper AM, Karelin AV, Koldashov SV, Koldobskiy SA, Krutkov SY, Kvashnin AN, Leonov A, Malakhov V, Marcelli L, Martucci M, Mayorov AG, Menn W, Mergé M, Mikhailov VV, Mocchiutti E, Monaco A, Mori N, Munini R, Osteria G, Panico B, Papini P, Pearce M, Picozza P, Ricci M, Ricciarini SB, Simon M, Sparvoli R, Spillantini P, Stozhkov YI, Vacchi A, Vannuccini E, Vasilyev GI, Voronov SA, Yurkin YT, Zampa G, Zampa N, Potgieter MS, Vos EE. Time Dependence of the Electron and Positron Components of the Cosmic Radiation Measured by the PAMELA Experiment between July 2006 and December 2015. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 116:241105. [PMID: 27367381 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.241105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Cosmic-ray electrons and positrons are a unique probe of the propagation of cosmic rays as well as of the nature and distribution of particle sources in our Galaxy. Recent measurements of these particles are challenging our basic understanding of the mechanisms of production, acceleration, and propagation of cosmic rays. Particularly striking are the differences between the low energy results collected by the space-borne PAMELA and AMS-02 experiments and older measurements pointing to sign-charge dependence of the solar modulation of cosmic-ray spectra. The PAMELA experiment has been measuring the time variation of the positron and electron intensity at Earth from July 2006 to December 2015 covering the period for the minimum of solar cycle 23 (2006-2009) until the middle of the maximum of solar cycle 24, through the polarity reversal of the heliospheric magnetic field which took place between 2013 and 2014. The positron to electron ratio measured in this time period clearly shows a sign-charge dependence of the solar modulation introduced by particle drifts. These results provide the first clear and continuous observation of how drift effects on solar modulation have unfolded with time from solar minimum to solar maximum and their dependence on the particle rigidity and the cyclic polarity of the solar magnetic field.
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- O Adriani
- University of Florence, Department of Physics, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- University of Naples "Federico II", Department of Physics, I-80126 Naples, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Naples, I-80126 Naples, Italy
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- University of Bari, Department of Physics, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, RU-194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- University of Florence, Department of Physics, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- University of Bari, Department of Physics, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Naples, I-80126 Naples, Italy
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, and the Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova University Centre, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- INFN, Sezione di Rome "Tor Vergata", I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Rome "Tor Vergata", I-00133 Rome, Italy
- University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Department of Physics, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Rome "Tor Vergata", I-00133 Rome, Italy
- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Science Data Center, Via del Politecnico snc, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow, Russia
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- Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, RU-194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Lebedev Physical Institute, RU-119991 Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow, Russia
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- University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Department of Physics, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Department of Physics, I-00133 Rome, Italy
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow, Russia
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- Universität Siegen, Department of Physics, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Rome "Tor Vergata", I-00133 Rome, Italy
- University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Department of Physics, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow, Russia
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
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- University of Bari, Department of Physics, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
- University of Trieste, Department of Physics, I-34147 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Naples, I-80126 Naples, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Naples, I-80126 Naples, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, and the Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova University Centre, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- INFN, Sezione di Rome "Tor Vergata", I-00133 Rome, Italy
- University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Department of Physics, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Universität Siegen, Department of Physics, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Rome "Tor Vergata", I-00133 Rome, Italy
- University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Department of Physics, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow, Russia
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- Lebedev Physical Institute, RU-119991 Moscow, Russia
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
- University of Udine, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, I-33100 Udine, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, RU-194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow, Russia
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, 2520 Potchefstroom, South Africa
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, 2520 Potchefstroom, South Africa
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Adriani O, Barbarino GC, Bazilevskaya GA, Bellotti R, Boezio M, Bogomolov EA, Bongi M, Bonvicini V, Bottai S, Bruno A, Cafagna F, Campana D, Carlson P, Casolino M, Castellini G, De Donato C, De Santis C, De Simone N, Di Felice V, Formato V, Galper AM, Karelin AV, Koldashov SV, Koldobskiy S, Krutkov SY, Kvashnin AN, Leonov A, Malakhov V, Marcelli L, Martucci M, Mayorov AG, Menn W, Mergè M, Mikhailov VV, Mocchiutti E, Monaco A, Mori N, Munini R, Osteria G, Palma F, Panico B, Papini P, Pearce M, Picozza P, Ricci M, Ricciarini SB, Sarkar R, Scotti V, Simon M, Sparvoli R, Spillantini P, Stozhkov YI, Vacchi A, Vannuccini E, Vasilyev G, Voronov SA, Yurkin YT, Zampa G, Zampa N. New upper limit on strange quark matter abundance in cosmic rays with the PAMELA space experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:111101. [PMID: 26406816 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.111101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this work we present results of a direct search for strange quark matter (SQM) in cosmic rays with the PAMELA space spectrometer. If this state of matter exists it may be present in cosmic rays as particles, called strangelets, having a high density and an anomalously high mass-to-charge (A/Z) ratio. A direct search in space is complementary to those from ground-based spectrometers. Furthermore, it has the advantage of being potentially capable of directly identifying these particles, without any assumption on their interaction model with Earth's atmosphere and the long-term stability in terrestrial and lunar rocks. In the rigidity range from 1.0 to ∼1.0×10^{3} GV, no such particles were found in the data collected by PAMELA between 2006 and 2009. An upper limit on the strangelet flux in cosmic rays was therefore set for particles with charge 1≤Z≤8 and mass 4≤A≤1.2×10^{5}. This limit as a function of mass and as a function of magnetic rigidity allows us to constrain models of SQM production and propagation in the Galaxy.
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- O Adriani
- Department of Physics, University of Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II, I-80126 Naples, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Naples, I-80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Physc,s University of Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, RU-194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Physc,s University of Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Naples, I-80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Physics, KTH, and the Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova University Centre, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- INFN, Sezione di Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
- RIKEN, Advanced Science Institute, Wako-shi 351-0198, Saitama, Japan
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- INFN, Sezione di Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Science Data Center, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Trieste, I-34147 Trieste, Italy
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409, Moscow, Russia
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- Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, RU-194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Lebedev Physical Institute, RU-119991, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Universitat Siegen, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Physc,s University of Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- Centro Siciliano di Fisica Nucleare e Struttura della Materia (CSFNSM), Viale A. Doria 6, I-95125 Catania, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Trieste, I-34147 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Naples, I-80126 Naples, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Naples, I-80126 Naples, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Physics, KTH, and the Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova University Centre, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- INFN, Sezione di Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- IFAC, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Indian Centre for Physics, 43, Chalantika, Garia Station Road, Kolkata 700 084, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II, I-80126 Naples, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Naples, I-80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Universitat Siegen, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Lebedev Physical Institute, RU-119991, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, RU-194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, RU-115409, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
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Adriani O, Barbarino GC, Bazilevskaya GA, Bellotti R, Boezio M, Bogomolov EA, Bongi M, Bonvicini V, Bottai S, Bruno A, Cafagna F, Campana D, Carlson P, Casolino M, Castellini G, Donato CD, Santis CD, Simone ND, Felice VD, Formato V, Galper AM, Karelin AV, Koldashov SV, Koldobskiy S, Krutkov SY, Kvashnin AN, Leonov A, Malakhov V, Marcelli L, Martucci M, Mayorov AG, Menn W, Mergè M, Mikhailov VV, Mocchiutti E, Monaco A, Mori N, Munini R, Osteria G, Palma F, Panico B, Papini P, Pearce M, Picozza P, Ricci M, Ricciarini SB, Sarkar R, Scotti V, Simon M, Sparvoli R, Spillantini P, Stozhkov YI, Vacchi A, Vannuccini E, Vasilyev G, Voronov SA, Yurkin YT, Zampa G, Zampa N, Potgieter MS, Vos EE. TIME DEPENDENCE OF THEe−FLUX MEASURED BYPAMELADURING THE 2006 JULY–2009 DECEMBER SOLAR MINIMUM. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/810/2/142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Adriani O, Barbarino GC, Bazilevskaya GA, Bellotti R, Boezio M, Bogomolov EA, Bongi M, Bonvicini V, Bottai S, Bruno A, Cafagna F, Campana D, Carbone R, Carlson P, Casolino M, Castellini G, De Donato C, De Santis C, De Simone N, Felice VD, Formato V, Galper AM, Karelin AV, Koldashov SV, Koldobskiy S, Krutkov SY, Kvashnin AN, Leonov A, Malakhov V, Marcelli L, Martucci M, Mayorov AG, Menn W, Mergé M, Mikhailov VV, Mocchiutti E, Monaco A, Mori N, Munini R, Osteria G, Palma F, Panico B, Papini P, Pearce M, Picozza P, Ricci M, Ricciarini SB, Sarkar R, Scotti V, Simon M, Sparvoli R, Spillantini P, Stozhkov YI, Vacchi A, Vannuccini E, Vasilyev GI, Voronov SA, Yurkin YT, Zampa G, Zampa N, Zverev VG. TRAPPED PROTON FLUXES AT LOW EARTH ORBITS MEASURED BY THE
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Adriani O, Barbarino GC, Bazilevskaya GA, Bellotti R, Boezio M, Bogomolov EA, Bongi M, Bonvicini V, Bottai S, Bruno A, Cafagna F, Campana D, Carbone R, Carlson P, Casolino M, Castellini G, Danilchenko IA, De Donato C, De Santis C, De Simone N, Felice VD, Formato V, Galper AM, Karelin AV, Koldashov SV, Koldobskiy S, Krutkov SY, Kvashnin AN, Leonov A, Malakhov V, Marcelli L, Martucci M, Mayorov AG, Menn W, Mergé M, Mikhailov VV, Mocchiutti E, Monaco A, Mori N, Munini R, Osteria G, Palma F, Panico B, Papini P, Pearce M, Picozza P, Pizzolotto C, Ricci M, Ricciarini SB, Rossetto L, Sarkar R, Scotti V, Simon M, Sparvoli R, Spillantini P, Stozhkov YI, Vacchi A, Vannuccini E, Vasilyev GI, Voronov SA, Yurkin YT, Zampa G, Zampa N, Zverev VG. MEASUREMENT OF BORON AND CARBON FLUXES IN COSMIC RAYS WITH THE PAMELA EXPERIMENT. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/791/2/93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Ricciarini SB, Adriani O, Barbarino G, Bazilevskaya G, Bellotti R, Boezio M, Bogomolov E, Bongi M, Bonvicini V, Bottai S, Bruno A, Cafagna F, Campana D, Carbone R, Carlson P, Casolino M, Castellini G, De Donato C, De Pascale M, De Santis C, De Simone N, Di Felice V, Formato V, Galper A, Karelin A, Kheymits M, Koldashov S, Koldobskiy S, Krutkov S, Kvashnin A, Leonov A, Malakhov V, Marcelli L, Martucci M, Mayorov A, Menn W, Mergè M, Mikhailov V, Mocchiutti E, Monaco A, Mori N, Munini R, Osteria G, Palma F, Panico B, Papini P, Pearce M, Picozza P, Pizzolotto C, Ricci M, Sarkar R, Simon M, Scotti V, Sparvoli R, Spillantini P, Stozhkov Y, Vacchi A, Vannuccini E, Vasilyev G, Voronov S, Yurkin Y, Zampa G, Zampa N, Zverev V. PAMELA mission: heralding a new era in cosmic ray physics. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20147100115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Adriani O, Barbarino GC, Bazilevskaya GA, Bellotti R, Bianco A, Boezio M, Bogomolov EA, Bongi M, Bonvicini V, Bottai S, Bruno A, Cafagna F, Campana D, Carbone R, Carlson P, Casolino M, Castellini G, De Donato C, De Santis C, De Simone N, Di Felice V, Formato V, Galper AM, Karelin AV, Koldashov SV, Koldobskiy SA, Krutkov SY, Kvashnin AN, Leonov A, Malakhov V, Marcelli L, Martucci M, Mayorov AG, Menn W, Mergé M, Mikhailov VV, Mocchiutti E, Monaco A, Mori N, Munini R, Osteria G, Palma F, Papini P, Pearce M, Picozza P, Pizzolotto C, Ricci M, Ricciarini SB, Rossetto L, Sarkar R, Scotti V, Simon M, Sparvoli R, Spillantini P, Stochaj SJ, Stockton JC, Stozhkov YI, Vacchi A, Vannuccini E, Vasilyev GI, Voronov SA, Yurkin YT, Zampa G, Zampa N, Zverev VG. Cosmic-ray positron energy spectrum measured by PAMELA. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 111:081102. [PMID: 24010424 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.081102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Precision measurements of the positron component in the cosmic radiation provide important information about the propagation of cosmic rays and the nature of particle sources in our Galaxy. The satellite-borne experiment PAMELA has been used to make a new measurement of the cosmic-ray positron flux and fraction that extends previously published measurements up to 300 GeV in kinetic energy. The combined measurements of the cosmic-ray positron energy spectrum and fraction provide a unique tool to constrain interpretation models. During the recent solar minimum activity period from July 2006 to December 2009, approximately 24,500 positrons were observed. The results cannot be easily reconciled with purely secondary production, and additional sources of either astrophysical or exotic origin may be required.
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- O Adriani
- Department of Physics, University of Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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von Ballmoos P, Dagoret S, Santangelo A, Adams J, Barrillon P, Bayer J, Bertaina M, Cafagna F, Casolino M, Distratis G, Dupieux M, Ebersoldt A, Ebisuzaki T, Gorodetzky P, Haungs A, Jung A, Kawasaki Y, Medina-Tanco G, Mot B, Osteria G, Parizot E, Park I, Picozza P, Prévôt G, Prieto H, Ricci M, Frías MR, Roudil G, Scotti V, Szabelski J, Takizawa Y, Tsuno K. EUSO-BALLOON a pathfinder for detecting UHECR's from the edge of space. EPJ Web of Conferences 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20135309003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Adriani O, Barbarino GC, Bazilevskaya GA, Bellotti R, Boezio M, Bogomolov EA, Bongi M, Bonvicini V, Borisov S, Bottai S, Bruno A, Cafagna F, Campana D, Carbone R, Carlson P, Casolino M, Castellini G, Consiglio L, De Pascale MP, De Santis C, De Simone N, Di Felice V, Galper AM, Gillard W, Grishantseva L, Jerse G, Karelin AV, Koldashov SV, Krutkov SY, Kvashnin AN, Leonov A, Malakhov V, Malvezzi V, Marcelli L, Mayorov AG, Menn W, Mikhailov VV, Mocchiutti E, Monaco A, Mori N, Nikonov N, Osteria G, Palma F, Papini P, Pearce M, Picozza P, Pizzolotto C, Ricci M, Ricciarini SB, Rossetto L, Sarkar R, Simon M, Sparvoli R, Spillantini P, Stochaj SJ, Stockton JC, Stozhkov YI, Vacchi A, Vannuccini E, Vasilyev G, Voronov SA, Wu J, Yurkin YT, Zampa G, Zampa N, Zverev VG. Cosmic-ray electron flux measured by the PAMELA experiment between 1 and 625 GeV. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 106:201101. [PMID: 21668214 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.201101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Precision measurements of the electron component in the cosmic radiation provide important information about the origin and propagation of cosmic rays in the Galaxy. Here we present new results regarding negatively charged electrons between 1 and 625 GeV performed by the satellite-borne experiment PAMELA. This is the first time that cosmic-ray e⁻ have been identified above 50 GeV. The electron spectrum can be described with a single power-law energy dependence with spectral index -3.18 ± 0.05 above the energy region influenced by the solar wind (> 30 GeV). No significant spectral features are observed and the data can be interpreted in terms of conventional diffusive propagation models. However, the data are also consistent with models including new cosmic-ray sources that could explain the rise in the positron fraction.
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- O Adriani
- University of Florence, Department of Physics, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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Adriani O, Barbarino GC, Bazilevskaya GA, Bellotti R, Boezio M, Bogomolov EA, Bonechi L, Bongi M, Bonvicini V, Borisov S, Bottai S, Bruno A, Cafagna F, Campana D, Carbone R, Carlson P, Casolino M, Castellini G, Consiglio L, De Pascale MP, De Santis C, De Simone N, Di Felice V, Galper AM, Gillard W, Grishantseva L, Jerse G, Karelin AV, Koldashov SV, Krutkov SY, Kvashnin AN, Leonov A, Malakhov V, Malvezzi V, Marcelli L, Mayorov AG, Menn W, Mikhailov VV, Mocchiutti E, Monaco A, Mori N, Nikonov N, Osteria G, Palma F, Papini P, Pearce M, Picozza P, Pizzolotto C, Ricci M, Ricciarini SB, Rossetto L, Sarkar R, Simon M, Sparvoli R, Spillantini P, Stozhkov YI, Vacchi A, Vannuccini E, Vasilyev G, Voronov SA, Yurkin YT, Wu J, Zampa G, Zampa N, Zverev VG. PAMELA Measurements of Cosmic-Ray Proton and Helium Spectra. Science 2011; 332:69-72. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1199172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 593] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Adriani O, Barbarino GC, Bazilevskaya GA, Bellotti R, Boezio M, Bogomolov EA, Bonechi L, Bongi M, Bonvicini V, Borisov S, Bottai S, Bruno A, Cafagna F, Campana D, Carbone R, Carlson P, Casolino M, Castellini G, Consiglio L, De Pascale MP, De Santis C, De Simone N, Di Felice V, Galper AM, Gillard W, Grishantseva L, Hofverberg P, Jerse G, Karelin AV, Koldashov SV, Krutkov SY, Kvashnin AN, Leonov A, Malvezzi V, Marcelli L, Mayorov AG, Menn W, Mikhailov VV, Mocchiutti E, Monaco A, Mori N, Nikonov N, Osteria G, Papini P, Pearce M, Picozza P, Pizzolotto C, Ricci M, Ricciarini SB, Rossetto L, Simon M, Sparvoli R, Spillantini P, Stozhkov YI, Vacchi A, Vannuccini E, Vasilyev G, Voronov SA, Wu J, Yurkin YT, Zampa G, Zampa N, Zverev VG. PAMELA results on the cosmic-ray antiproton flux from 60 MeV to 180 GeV in kinetic energy. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 105:121101. [PMID: 20867623 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.121101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The satellite-borne experiment PAMELA has been used to make a new measurement of the cosmic-ray antiproton flux and the antiproton-to-proton flux ratio which extends previously published measurements down to 60 MeV and up to 180 GeV in kinetic energy. During 850 days of data acquisition approximately 1500 antiprotons were observed. The measurements are consistent with purely secondary production of antiprotons in the Galaxy. More precise secondary production models are required for a complete interpretation of the results.
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- O Adriani
- University of Florence, Department of Physics, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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Adriani O, Barbarino GC, Bazilevskaya GA, Bellotti R, Boezio M, Bogomolov EA, Bonechi L, Bongi M, Bonvicini V, Bottai S, Bruno A, Cafagna F, Campana D, Carlson P, Casolino M, Castellini G, De Pascale MP, De Rosa G, De Simone N, Di Felice V, Galper AM, Grishantseva L, Hofverberg P, Koldashov SV, Krutkov SY, Kvashnin AN, Leonov A, Malvezzi V, Marcelli L, Menn W, Mikhailov VV, Mocchiutti E, Orsi S, Osteria G, Papini P, Pearce M, Picozza P, Ricci M, Ricciarini SB, Simon M, Sparvoli R, Spillantini P, Stozhkov YI, Vacchi A, Vannuccini E, Vasilyev G, Voronov SA, Yurkin YT, Zampa G, Zampa N, Zverev VG. An anomalous positron abundance in cosmic rays with energies 1.5–100 GeV. Nature 2009; 458:607-9. [DOI: 10.1038/nature07942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1589] [Impact Index Per Article: 105.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2008] [Accepted: 02/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Adriani O, Barbarino GC, Bazilevskaya GA, Bellotti R, Boezio M, Bogomolov EA, Bonechi L, Bongi M, Bonvicini V, Bottai S, Bruno A, Cafagna F, Campana D, Carlson P, Casolino M, Castellini G, De Pascale MP, De Rosa G, Fedele D, Galper AM, Grishantseva L, Hofverberg P, Leonov A, Koldashov SV, Krutkov SY, Kvashnin AN, Malvezzi V, Marcelli L, Menn W, Mikhailov VV, Minori M, Mocchiutti E, Nagni M, Orsi S, Osteria G, Papini P, Pearce M, Picozza P, Ricci M, Ricciarini SB, Simon M, Sparvoli R, Spillantini P, Stozhkov YI, Taddei E, Vacchi A, Vannuccini E, Vasilyev G, Voronov SA, Yurkin YT, Zampa G, Zampa N, Zverev VG. New measurement of the antiproton-to-proton flux ratio up to 100 GeV in the cosmic radiation. Phys Rev Lett 2009; 102:051101. [PMID: 19257498 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.102.051101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2008] [Revised: 11/21/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A new measurement of the cosmic-ray antiproton-to-proton flux ratio between 1 and 100 GeV is presented. The results were obtained with the PAMELA experiment, which was launched into low-Earth orbit on-board the Resurs-DK1 satellite on June 15th 2006. During 500 days of data collection a total of about 1000 antiprotons have been identified, including 100 above an energy of 20 GeV. The high-energy results are a tenfold improvement in statistics with respect to all previously published data. The data follow the trend expected from secondary production calculations and significantly constrain contributions from exotic sources, e.g., dark matter particle annihilations.
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- O Adriani
- Physics Department of University of Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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