Precision Measurement of the Proton Flux in Primary Cosmic Rays from Rigidity 1 GV to 1.8 TV with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 114, Issue 17, 2015, 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 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 LABORATÓRIO DE INSTRUMENTAÇÃO E FÍSICA EXPERIMENTAL DE PARTÍCULAS   (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 UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^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)

^as ASI   (Italy)

^at UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^au XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^av SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^aw HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^ax UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^ay UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^az NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ba BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^bb UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; RIGIDITY; SPACE STATIONS; SPECTROMETERS;

ALPHA MAGNETIC SPECTROMETERS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; PRECISION MEASUREMENT; PROTON FLUX; SPECTRAL INDICES;

COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 85007357918     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.171103     Document Type: Article

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