Precision Measurement of the (e(+) + e(-)) Flux in Primary Cosmic Rays from 0.5 GeV to 1 TeV with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station

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2014-11-26

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

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We present a measurement of the cosmic ray (e(+) + e(-)) flux in the range 0.5 GeV to 1 TeV based on the analysis of 10.6 million (e(+) + e(-)) events collected by AMS. The statistics and the resolution of AMS provide a precision measurement of the flux. The flux is smooth and reveals new and distinct information. Above 30.2 GeV, the flux can be described by a single power law with a spectral index gamma = -3.170 +/- 0.008(stat + syst) +/- 0.008(energy scale).

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General Physics and Astronomy

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/68994

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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.113.221102

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M. Aguilar et al., “Precision Measurement of the (e(+) + e(-)) Flux in Primary Cosmic Rays from 0.5 GeV to 1 TeV with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station,” PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, pp. 0–0, 2014, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/68994.