Measurements of quasi-trapped electron and positron fluxes with PAMELA

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Adriani, O ^a,b   Barbarino, G ^c,d   Bazilevskaya, G A ^e   Bellotti, R ^f,g   Boezio, M ^h,i   Bogomolov, E A ^j   Bonechi, L ^a,b   Bongi, M ^a,b   Bonvicini, V ^h,i   Borisov, S V ^k   Bottai, S ^a,b   Bruno, A ^f,g   Cafagna, F S ^f,g   Campana, D ^c,d   Carbone, R ^c,d   Carlson, P ^l,m   Casolino, M ^n,o   Castellini, G ^p   Consiglio, L ^c,d   De Pascale, M P ^n,o   De Santis, C ^n,o   De Simone, N ^n,o   Di Felice, V ^n,o   Galper, A M ^k   Gillard, W ^l,m   Grishantseva, L A ^k   Jerse, G ^h,i   Hofverberg, P ^l,m   Karelin, A V ^k   Koldashov, S V ^k   Krutkov, S Y ^j   Kvashnin, A N ^e   Leonov, A A ^k   Malakhov, V V ^k   Malvezzi, V ^n,o   Marcelli, L ^n,o   Mayorov, A G ^k   Menn, W ^q   Mikhailov, V V ^k   Mocchiutti, E ^h,i   Monaco, A ^f,g   Mori, N ^a,b   Nikonov, N N ^j   Osteria, G ^c,d   Papini, P ^a,b   Pearce, M ^l,m   Picozza, P ^n,o   Pizzolotto, C ^h,i   Ricci, M ^r   Ricciarini, S B ^a,b   Rossetto, L ^l,m   Ritabrata, S ^h,i   Runtso, M F ^k   Simon, M ^q   Sparvoli, R ^n,o   Spillantini, P ^a,b   Stozhkov, Y I ^e   Vacchi, A ^h,i   Vannuccini, E ^a,b   Vasilyev, G I ^j   Voronov, S A ^k   Wu, J ^l,m   Yurkin, Y T ^k   Zampa, G ^h,i   Zampa, N ^h,i   Zverev, V G ^k   more..

^a INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^f INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^h SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^j IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^k NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

^l STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^m OSKAR KLEIN CENTRE   (Sweden)

ⁿ INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^p IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^r INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

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EID: 77954336372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014660     Document Type: Article

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