Electron and positron fluxes in primary cosmic rays measured with the alpha magnetic spectrometer on the international space station

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Aguilar, M ^y   Aisa, D ^af,ag   Alvino, A ^af   Ambrosi, G ^af   Andeen, K ^u   Arruda, L ^w   Attig, N ^t   Azzarello, P ^o,af   Bachlechner, A ^a   Barao, F ^w   Barrau, A ^p   Barrin, L ⁿ   Bartoloni, A ^ak   Basara, L ^c,aj   Battarbee, M ^aq   Battiston, R ^aj   Bazo, J ^af   Becker, U ⁱ   Behlmann, M ⁱ   Beischer, B ^a   Berdugo, J ^y   Bertucci, B ^af,ag   Bigongiari, G ^ah,ai   Bindi, V ^r   Bizzaglia, S ^af   Bizzarri, M ^af,ag   Boella, G ^aa,ab   De Boer, W ^u   Bollweg, K ^s   Bonnivard, V ^p   Borgia, B ^ak,al   Borsini, S ^af   Boschini, M J ^aa   Bourquin, M ^o   Burger, J ⁱ   Cadoux, F ^o   Cai, X D ⁱ   Capell, M ⁱ   Caroff, S ^c   Casaus, J ^y   Cascioli, V ^af   Castellini, G ^m   Cernuda, I ^y   Cervelli, F ^ah   Chae, M J ^am   Chang, Y H ^j   Chen, A I ⁱ   Chen, H ⁱ   Cheng, G M ^f   Chen, H S ^f   Cheng, L ^an   Chikanian, A ^ae   Chou, H Y ^j   Choumilov, E ⁱ   Choutko, V ⁱ   Chung, C H ^a   Clark, C ^s   Clavero, R ^v   Coignet, G ^c   Consolandi, C ^r   Contin, A ^g,h   Corti, C ^r   Coste, B ^aj   Cui, Z ^an   Dai, M ^e   Delgado, C ^y   Della Torre, S ^aa   Demirkoz M B ^b   Derome, L ^p   Di Falco, S ^ah   Di Masso, L ^af,ag   Dimiccoli, F ^aj   Diaz C ^y   Von Doetinchem, P ^r   Du, W J ^an   Duranti, M ^af   D'Urso, D ^af   Eline, A ⁱ   Eppling, F J ⁱ   Eronen, T ^aq   Fan, Y Y ^ap   Farnesini, L ^af   Feng, J ^c   Fiandrini, E ^af,ag   Fiasson, A ^c   Finch, E ^ae   Fisher, P ⁱ   Galaktionov, Y ⁱ   Gallucci, G ^n,ah   Garcia B ^y   Garcia Lopez R ^v   Gast, H ^a   Gebauer, I ^u   Gervasi, M ^aa,ab   Ghelfi, A ^p   Gillard, W ^j   Giovacchini, F ^y   Goglov, P ⁱ   Gong, J ^ad   Goy, C ^c   Grabski, V ^z   Grandi, D ^aa   Graziani, M ^n,af   Guandalini, C ^g,h   Guerri, I ^ah,ai   Guo, K H ^q   Habiby, M ^o   Haino, S ^j,ap   Han, K C ^x   He, Z H ^q   Heil, M ^i,u   Hoffman, J ^j   Hsieh, T H ⁱ   Huang, Z C ^q   Huh, C ^l   Incagli, M ^ah   Ionica, M ^af   Jang, W Y ^l   Jinchi, H ^x   Kanishev, K ^aj   Kim, G N ^l   Kim, K S ^l   Kirn, Th ^a   Kossakowski, R ^c   Kounina, O ⁱ   Kounine, A ⁱ   Koutsenko, V ⁱ   Krafczyk, M S ⁱ   Kunz, S ^u   La Vacca, G ^n,aa   Laudi, E ^af,ag   Laurenti, G ^g,h   Lazzizzera, I ^aj   Lebedev, A ⁱ   Lee, H T ^ap   Lee, S C ^ap   Leluc, C ^o   Li, H L ^ap   Li, J Q ^ad   Li, Q ^i,ad   Li, T X ^q   Li, W ^d   Li, Y ^o   Li, Z H ^f   Li, Z Y ^ap   Lim, S ^am   Lin, C H ^ap   Lipari, P ^ak   Lippert, T ^t   Liu, D ^ap   Liu, H ^ad   Lomtadze, T ^ah   Lu, M J ^aj   Lu, Y S ^f   Luebelsmeyer, K ^a   Luo, F ^an   Luo, J Z ^ad   Lv, S S ^q   Majka, R ^ae   Malinin, A ^k   Mana C ^y   Marin J ^y   Martin, T ^s   Martinez G ^y   Masi, N ^g,h   Maurin, D ^p   Menchaca Rocha, A ^z   Meng, Q ^ad   Mo, D C ^q   Morescalchi, L ^ah   Mott, P ^s   Muller M ^a   Ni, J Q ^q   Nikonov, N ^u   Nozzoli, F ^af   Nunes, P ^w   Obermeier, A ^a   Oliva, A ^y   Orcinha, M ^w   Palmonari, F ^g,h   Palomares, C ^y   Paniccia, M ^o   Papi, A ^af,ag   Pedreschi, E ^ah   Pensotti, S ^aa,ab   Pereira, R ^r,w   Pilo, F ^ah   Piluso, A ^af,ag   Pizzolotto, C ^af   Plyaskin, V ⁱ   Pohl, M ^o   Poireau, V ^c   Postaci, E ^b   Putze, A ^c   Quadrani, L ^g,h   Qi, X M ^q   Rancoita, P G ^aa   Rapin, D ^o   Ricol, J S ^p   Rodriguez I ^y   Rosier Lees, S ^c   Rozhkov, A ⁱ   Rozza, D ^aa   Sagdeev, R ^k   Sandweiss, J ^ae   Saouter, P ^o   Sbarra, C ^g,h   Schael, S ^a   Schmidt, S M ^t   Schuckardt, D ^u   Von Dratzig, A Schulz ^a   Schwering, G ^a   Scolieri, G ^af   Seo, E S ^k   Shan, B S ^d   Shan, Y H ^d   Shi, J Y ^ad   Shi, X Y ⁱ   Shi, Y M ^ao   Siedenburg, T ^a   Son, D ^l   Spada, F ^ak   Spinella, F ^ah   Sun, W ⁱ   Sun, W H ⁱ   Tacconi, M ^aa,ab   Tang, C P ^q   Tang, X W ^f   Tang, Z C ^f   Tao, L ^c   Tescaro, D ^v   Ting, Samuel C C ⁱ   Ting, S M ⁱ   Tomassetti, N ^p   Torsti, J ^aq   Turkotlu C ^b   Urban, T ^s   Vagelli, V ^u   Valente, E ^ak,al   Vannini, C ^ah   Valtonen, E ^aq   Vaurynovich, S ⁱ   Vecchi, M ^c   Velasco, M ^y   Vialle, J P ^c   Wang, L Q ^an   Wang, Q L ^e   Wang, R S ^ao   Wang, X ⁱ   Wang, Z X ^q   Weng, Z L ⁱ   Whitman, K ^r   Wienkenhover J ^a   Wu, H ^ad   Xia, X ^y   Xie, M ⁱ   Xie, S ^ao   Xiong, R Q ^ad   Xin, G M ^an   Xu, N S ^q   Xu, W ^f,i   Yan, Q ^f   Yang, J ^am   Yang, M ^f   Ye, Q H ^ao   Yi, H ^ad   Yu, Y J ^e   Yu, Z Q ^f   Zeissler, S ^u   Zhang, J H ^ad   Zhang, M T ^q   Zhang, X B ^q   Zhang, Z ^q   Zheng, Z M ^d   Zhuang, H L ^f   Zhukov, V ^a   Zichichi, A ^g,h   Zimmermann, N ^a   Zuccon, P ⁱ   Zurbach, C ^ac   more..

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^d BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^g INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

ⁱ MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^l Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^m CNR   (Italy)

ⁿ CERN   (Switzerland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^p UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^q SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^r UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^s NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^t FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^u KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^v INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^w LIP   (Portugal)

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

^y CIEMAT   (Spain)

^z UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^aa INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^ac UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^ad SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ae Yale University   (United States)

^af INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^ah INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^ak INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^al SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^am Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^an SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ao SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ap INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROMETERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POSITRONS; SPACE STATIONS;

ALPHA MAGNETIC SPECTROMETERS; ELECTRON FLUX; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; POWER-LAW; PRECISION MEASUREMENT; SPECTRAL INDICES;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 84907235912     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.121102     Document Type: Article

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