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

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 110, Issue 14, 2013, Pages

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^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

^d MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^f BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (China)

^h INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

ⁱ INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^k MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

ⁿ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^p NATIONAL AEROSPACE LABORATORY NLR   (Netherlands)

^q CNR   (Italy)

^r ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^s CERN   (Switzerland)

^t UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^u UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER GRENOBLE 1   (France)

^v SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^w UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^x NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^y NATIONAL SPACE ORGANIZATION   (Taiwan)

^z AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^aa KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^ab INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^ac LIP   (Portugal)

^ad CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^ae CIEMAT   (Spain)

^af UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^ag INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^ai INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^ak UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^al KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^am SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^an Yale University   (United States)

^ao INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^aq INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^as UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^at INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^au SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^av Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^aw SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ax SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ay INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^az UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^ba ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^bb NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA MAGNETIC SPECTROMETERS; ENERGY RANGES; FINE STRUCTURES; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRECISION MEASUREMENT;

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; COSMIC RAYS; ELECTRONS; SPECTROMETERS;

POSITRONS;

EID: 84876003828     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.141102     Document Type: Article

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