Cosmic-ray positron fraction measurement from 1 to 30 GeV with AMS-01
作者:M. Aguilar, J. Alcaraz Maestre, J. Allaby, B. Alpat, G. Ambrosi, H. Anderhub, L. Ao, A. Arefiev, P. Azzarello, L. Baldini, M. Basile, D. Barancourt, F. Barão, G. Barbier, G. Barreira, R. Battiston, R. H. Becker, U. Becker, L. Bellagamba, P. Béné, J. Berdugo, P. Berges, B. Bertucci, A. Biland, S. Blasko, G. Boella, M. Boschini, M. Bourquin, L. Brocco, G. Bruni, M. Buénerd, J.D. Burger, W.J. Burger, Xudong Cai, C. Camps, Piermarco Cannarsa, M. Capell, F. Cardano, D. Casadei, J. Casaus, G. Castellini, Yuan-Hann Chang, H.F. Chen, Hongyao Chen, Z. G. Chen, N.A. Chernoplekov, Tzihong Chiueh, K. Cho, M.J. Choi, Young-Jun Choi, F. Cindolo, V. Commichau, A. Contin, E. Cortina-Gil, M. Cristinziani, T.S. Dai, C. Delgado, S. Difalco, L. Djambazov, I. DʼAntone, Zhiwen Dong, P. Emonet, J. Engelberg, F.J. Eppling, T. Eronen, G. Esposito, P. Extermann, Judith Favier, E. Fiandrini, P.H. Fisher, G. Flügge, N. Fouque, Yu. Galaktionov, H. Gast, M. Gervasi, P. Giusti, D. Grandi, O. Grimm, W. Gu, K. Hangarter, A. Hasan, V. Hermel, H. Hofer, W. Hungerford, M. Jongmanns, K. Karlamaa, W. Karpiński, G. Kenney, D.H. Kim, G. N. Kim, K.S. Kim, M.Y. Kim, A. Klimentov, R. Kossakowski, A. Kounine, V. Koutsenko, M. Kraeber, G. Laborie, T. Laitinen, G. Lamanna, E. Lanciotti, G. Laurenti, A. Lebedev, C. Lechanoine-Leluc, M.W. Lee, S.C. Lee, G. Lévi, C. Liu, H.T. Liu, G. Lu, Yudong Lu, K. Lübelsmeyer, D. Luckey, W. Lustermann, C. Mañá, A. Margotti, F. Mayet, R.R. McNeil, Brigitte Meillon, M. Menichelli, A. Mihul, Ari Mujunen, A. Oliva, J. Olzem, F. Palmonari, H.B. Park, W. H. Park, M. Pauluzzi, F. Pauss, E. Perrin, A. Pesci, A. Pevsner, F. Pilo, M. Pimenta, V. Plyaskin, V. Pojidaev, M. Pohl, N. Produit, P.G. Rancoita, D. Rapin, F. Raupach, D. Ren, Z. Ren, M. Ribordy, J.P. Richeux, E. Riihonen, Jouko Ritakari, S. R. Ro, U. Roeser, Christelle Rossin, R. Z. Sagdeev, D. Santos, G. Sartorelli, C. Sbarra, S. Schael, A. Schultz von Dratzig, G. Schwering, E. S. Seo, Jaejin Shin, E. Shoumilov, V. Shoutko, T. Siedenburg, R. Siedling, D. Son, Tao Song, F. Spinella, M. Steuer, G.S. Sun, H. Suter, Xiao Tang, Samuel C.C. Ting, S.M. Ting, M. Tornikoski, J. Torsti, J. Trümper, J. Ulbricht, S. Urpo, E. Valtonen, J. Vandenhirtz, E. P. Velikhov, B. Verlaat, I. Vetlitsky, F. Vezzu, J. P. Vialle, G. Viertel, Davide Vitè, H. von Gunten, S. Waldmeier Wicki, W. Wallraff, B.C. Wang, J.Z. Wang, K. Wiik, C. Williams, S.X. Wu, P.C. Xia, Shui Xu, J.L. Yan, Limei Yan, C.G. Yang, J. Yang, Min Yang, S.W. Ye, Z.Z. Xu, H.Y. Zhang, Z.P. Zhang, D.X. Zhao, Y. Zhou, G.Y. Zhu, Wei Zhu, H.L. Zhuang, A. Zichichi, B. Zimmermann, P. Zuccon · 发表于:Physics Letters B · 年份:2007 · DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2007.01.024 · 被引用次数:316 · 研究领域:Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena、Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena、Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
A measurement of the cosmic ray positron fraction e+/(e++e−) in the energy range of 1–30 GeV is presented. The measurement is based on data taken by the AMS-01 experiment during its 10 day Space Shuttle flight in June 1998. A proton background suppression on the order of 106 is reached by identifying converted bremsstrahlung photons emitted from positrons.