Antiproton modulation in the Heliosphere and AMS-02 antiproton over proton ratio prediction

Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-249

  Bobik, P ^a   Boschini, M J ^b,d   Consolandi, C ^b   Della Torre, S ^b,e   Gervasi, M ^b,c   Grandi, D ^b   Kudela, K ^a   Pensotti, S ^b,c   Rancoita, P G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d CILEA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

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EID: 79960126067     PISSN: 18106528     EISSN: 18106536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/astra-7-245-2011     Document Type: Article

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