A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
First Result from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station: Precision Measurement of the Positron Fraction in Primary Cosmic Rays of 0.5-350 GeV
Authors: Aguilar M, Alberti G, Alpat B, Alvino A, Ambrosi G, Andeen K, Anderhub H, Arruda L, Azzarello P, Bachlechner A, Barao F, Baret B, Barrau A, Barrin L, Bartoloni A, Basara L, Basili A, Batalha L, Bates J, Battiston R, Bazo J, Becker R, Becker U, Behlmann M, Beischer B, Berdugo J, Berges P, Bertucci B, Bigongiari G, Biland A, Bindi V, Bizzaglia S, Boella G, De Boer W, Bollweg K, Bolmont J, Borgia B, Borsini S, Boschini M, Boudoul G, Bourquin M, Brun P, Buénerd M, Burger J, Burger W, Cadoux F, Cai X, Capell M, Casadei D, Casaus J, Cascioli V, Castellini G, Cernuda I, Cervelli F, Chae M, Chang Y, Chen A, Chen C, Chen H, Cheng G, Chen H, Cheng L, Chernoplyiokov N, Chikanian A, Choumilov E, Choutko V, Chung C, Clark C, Clavero R, Coignet G, Commichau V, Consolandi C, Contin A, Corti C, Costado Dios M, Coste B, Crespo D, Cui Z, Dai M, Delgado C, Della Torre S, Demirkoz B, Dennett P, Derome L, Di Falco S, Diao X, Diago A, Djambazov L, Díaz C, Von Doetinchem P, Du W, Dubois J, Duperay R, Duranti M, D'Urso D, Egorov A, Eline A, Eppling F, Eronen T, Van Es J, Esser H, Falvard A, Fiandrini E, Fiasson A, Finch E, Fisher P, Flood K, Foglio R, Fohey M, Fopp S, Fouque N, Galaktionov Y, Gallilee M, Gallin-Martel L, Gallucci G, García B, García J, García-López R, García-Tabares L, Gargiulo C, Gast H, Gebauer I, Gentile S, Gervasi M, Gillard W, Giovacchini F, Girard L, Goglov P, Gong J, Goy-Henningsen C, Grandi D, Graziani M, Grechko A, Gross A, Guerri I, De La Guía C, Guo K, Habiby M, Haino S, Hauler F, He Z, Heil M, Heilig J, Hermel R, Hofer H, Huang Z, Hungerford W, Incagli M, Ionica M, Jacholkowska A, Jang W, Jinchi H, Jongmanns M, Journet L, Jungermann L, Karpinski W, Kim G, Kim K, Kirn T, Kossakowski R, Koulemzine A, Kounina O, Kounine A, Koutsenko V, Krafczyk M, Laudi E, Laurenti G, Lauritzen C, Lebedev A, Lee M, Lee S, Leluc C, León Vargas H, Lepareur V, Li J, Li Q, Li T, Li W, Li Z, Lipari P, Lin C, Liu D, Liu H, Lomtadze T, Lu Y, Lucidi S, Lübelsmeyer K, Luo J, Lustermann W, Lv S, Madsen J, Majka R, Malinin A, Mañá C, Marín J, Martin T, Martínez G, Masciocchi F, Masi N, Maurin D, McInturff A, McIntyre P, Menchaca-Rocha A, Meng Q, Menichelli M, Mereu I, Millinger M, Mo D, Molina M, Mott P, Mujunen A, Natale S, Nemeth P, Ni J, Nikonov N, Nozzoli F, Nunes P, Obermeier A, Oh S, Oliva A, Palmonari F, Palomares C, Paniccia M, Papi A, Park W, Pauluzzi M, Pauss F, Pauw A, Pedreschi E, Pensotti S, Pereira R, Perrin E, Pessina G, Pierschel G, Pilo F, Piluso A, Pizzolotto C, Plyaskin V, Pochon J, Pohl M, Poireau V, Porter S, Pouxe J, Putze A, Quadrani L, Qi X, Rancoita P, Rapin D, Ren Z, Ricol J, Riihonen E, Rodríguez I, Roeser U, Rosier-Lees S, Rossi L, Rozhkov A, Rozza D, Sabellek A, Sagdeev R, Sandweiss J, Santos B, Saouter P, Sarchioni M, Schael S, Schinzel D, Schmanau M, Schwering G, Schulz Von Dratzig A, Scolieri G, Seo E, Shan B, Shi J, Shi Y, Siedenburg T, Siedling R, Son D, Spada F, Spinella F, Steuer M, Stiff K, Sun W, Sun W, Sun X, Tacconi M, Tang C, Tang X, Tang Z, Tao L, Tassan-Viol J, Ting S, Ting S, Titus C, Tomassetti N, Toral F, Torsti J, Tsai J, Tutt J, Ulbricht J, Urban T, Vagelli V, Valente E, Vannini C, Valtonen E, Vargas Trevino M, Vaurynovich S, Vecchi M, Vergain M, Verlaat B, Vescovi C, Vialle J, Viertel G, Volpini G, Wang D, Wang N, Wang Q, Wang R, Wang X, Wang Z, Wallraff W, Weng Z, Willenbrock M, Wlochal M, Wu H, Wu K, Wu Z, Xiao W, Xie S, Xiong R, Xin G, Xu N, Xu W, Yan Q, Yang J, Yang M, Ye Q, Yi H, Yu Y, Yu Z, Zeissler S, Zhang J, Zhang Z, Zhang M, Zheng Z, Zhuang H, Zhukov V, Zichichi A, Zuccon P, Zurbach C
Publisher: American Physical Society
Publication year: 2013
Journal: Physical Review Letters
Journal name in source: Physical Review Letters
Journal acronym: PRL
Article number: 141102
Number in series: 14
Volume: 110
Issue: 14
Number of pages: 10
ISSN: 0031-9007
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.141102(external)
Web address : http://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id:84876003828(external)
A precision measurement by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station of the positron fraction in primary cosmic rays in the energy range from 0.5 to 350 GeV based on 6.8×106 positron and electron events is presented. The very accurate data show that the positron fraction is steadily increasing from 10 to ∼250 GeV, but, from 20 to 250 GeV, the slope decreases by an order of magnitude. The positron fraction spectrum shows no fine structure, and the positron to electron ratio shows no observable anisotropy. Together, these features show the existence of new physical phenomena. © 2013 American Physical Society.