High statistics measurement of the positron fraction in primary cosmic rays of 0.5-500 GeV with the alpha magnetic spectrometer on the international space station

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

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^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 CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (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   (Italy)

^ab INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^ad UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^ae SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^af Yale University   (United States)

^ag INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^ai INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^al INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^am SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^an Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^ao SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ap SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^aq INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; POSITRONS; SPACE STATIONS; SPECTROMETERS;

ALPHA MAGNETIC SPECTROMETERS; ENERGY RANGES; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; NEW RESULTS; PRECISION MEASUREMENT;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 84907246464     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.121101     Document Type: Article

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