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Precision Measurement of Cosmic-Ray Antiproton Spectrum

The energy spectrum of cosmic-ray antiprotons has been measured in the range 0.18 to 3.56 GeV, based on 458 antiprotons collected by BESS in recent solar-minimum period. We have detected for the first time a distinctive peak at 2 GeV of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-20 S. Orito , T. Maeno , H. Matsunaga , K. Abe , K. Anraku , Y. Asaoka , M. Fujikawa , M. Imori , M. Ishino , Y. Makida , N. Matsui , H. Matsumoto , J. Mitchell , T. Mitsui , A. Moiseev , M. Motoki , J. Nishimura , M. Nozaki , J. Ormes , T. Saeki , T. Sanuki , M. Sasaki , E. S. Seo , Y. Shikaze , T. Sonoda , R. Streitmatter , J. Suzuki , K. Tanaka , I. Ueda , N. Yajima , T. Yamagami , A. Yamamoto , T. Yoshida , K. Yoshimura

The Cosmic-Ray antiproton flux between 3 and 49 GeV

We report on a new measurement of the cosmic ray antiproton spectrum. The data were collected by the balloon-borne experiment CAPRICE98 which was flown on 28-29 May 1998 from Fort Sumner, New Mexico, USA. The experiment used the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 CAPRICE Collaboration

Search for Cosmic-Ray Antiparticles with Balloon-borne and Space-borne Experiments

This thesis discusses two different approaches for the measurement of cosmic-ray antiparticles in the GeV to TeV energy range. The first part of this thesis discusses the prospects of antiparticle flux measurements with the proposed PEBS…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-15 Ph. von Doetinchem

Direct Measurement of the Cosmic-Ray Proton Spectrum from 50 GeV to 10 TeV with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station

In this paper, we present the analysis and results of a direct measurement of the cosmic-ray proton spectrum with the CALET instrument onboard the International Space Station, including the detailed assessment of systematic uncertainties.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-19 O. Adriani , Y. Akaike , K. Asano , Y. Asaoka , M. G. Bagliesi , E. Berti , G. Bigongiari , W. R. Binns , S. Bonechi , M. Bongi , A. Bruno , J. H. Buckley , N. Cannady , G. Castellini , C. Checchia , M. L. Cherry , G. Collazuol , V. Di Felice , K. Ebisawa , H. Fuke , T. G. Guzik , T. Hams , N. Hasebe , K. Hibino , M. Ichimura , K. Ioka , W. Ishizaki , M. H. Israel , K. Kasahara , J. Kataoka , R. Kataoka , Y. Katayose , C. Kato , N. Kawanaka , Y. Kawakubo , K. Kohri , H. S. Krawczynski , J. F. Krizmanic , T. Lomtadze , P. Maestro , P. S. Marrocchesi , A. M. Messineo , J. W. Mitchell , S. Miyake , A. A. Moiseev , K. Mori , M. Mori , N. Mori , H. M. Motz , K. Munakata , H. Murakami , S. Nakahira , J. Nishimura , G. A. de Nolfo , S. Okuno , J. F. Ormes , S. Ozawa , L. Pacini , F. Palma , P. Papini , A. V. Penacchioni , B. F. Rauch , S. B. Ricciarini , K. Sakai , T. Sakamoto , M. Sasaki , Y. Shimizu , A. Shiomi , R. Sparvoli , P. Spillantini , F. Stolzi , J. E. Suh , A. Sulaj , I. Takahashi , M. Takayanagi , M. Takita , T. Tamura , T. Terasawa , H. Tomida , S. Torii , Y. Tsunesada , Y. Uchihori , S. Ueno , E. Vannuccini , J. P. Wefel , K. Yamaoka , S. Yanagita , A. Yoshida , K. Yoshida

Measurements of Heavy Cosmic-Ray Nuclei Spectra with CALET on the ISS

CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) has been accumulating data of high-energy cosmic rays on the International Space Station since August 2015. In addition to the primary observation of the all-electron spectra, CALET also measures the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-02 Yosui Akaike

Proton and Helium Spectra from the CREAM-III Flight

Primary cosmic-ray elemental spectra have been measured with the balloon-borne Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) experiment since 2004. The third CREAM payload (CREAM-III) flew for 29 days during the 2007-2008 Antarctic season.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-11 Y. S. Yoon , T. Anderson , A. Barrau , N. B. Conklin , S. Coutu , L. Derome , J. H. Han , J. A. Jeon , K. C. Kim , M. H. Kim , H. Y. Lee , J. Lee , M. H. Lee , S. E. Lee , J. T. Link , A. Menchaca-Rocha , J. W. Mitchell , S. I. Mognet , S. Nutter , I. H. Park , N. Picot-Clemente , A. Putze , E. S. Seo , J. Smith , J. Wu

Composition of Primary Cosmic-Ray Nuclei at High Energies

The TRACER instrument (``Transition Radiation Array for Cosmic Energetic Radiation'') has been developed for direct measurements of the heavier primary cosmic-ray nuclei at high energies. The instrument had a successful long-duration…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-05-13 M. Ave , P. J. Boyle , F. Gahbauer , C. Hoppner , J. R. Horandel , M. Ichimura , D. Muller , A. Romero-Wolf

Cosmic Ray Positrons at High Energies: A New Measurement

We present a new measurement of the cosmic-ray positron fraction e+/(e+ + e-) obtained from the first balloon flight of the High Energy Antimatter Telescope (HEAT). Using a magnet spectrometer combined with a transition radiation detector,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 HEAT Collaboration

The Cosmic-Ray Proton and Helium Spectra measured with the CAPRICE98 balloon experiment

A new measurement of the primary cosmic-ray proton and helium fluxes from 3 to 350 GeV was carried out by the balloon-borne CAPRICE experiment in 1998. This experimental setup combines different detector techniques and has excellent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Boezio , V. Bonvicini , P. Schiavon , A. Vacchi , N. Zampa , D. Bergstroem , P. Carlson , T. Francke , P. Hansen , E. Mocchiutti , M. Suffert , M. Hof , J. Kremer , W. Menn , M. Simon , M. Ambriola , R. Bellotti , F. Cafagna , F. Ciacio , M. Circella , C. N. De Marzo , N. Finetti , P. Papini , S. Piccardi , P. Spillantini , E. Vannuccini , S. Bartalucci , M. Ricci , M. Casolino , M. P. De Pascale , A. Morselli , P. Picozza , R. Sparvoli , J. W. Mitchell , J. F. Ormes , S. A. Stephens , R. E. Streitmatter , U. Bravar , S. J. Stochaj

Gamma-Ray Burst observations by the high-energy charged particle detector on board the CSES-01 satellite between 2019 and 2021

In this paper we report the detection of five strong Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) by the High-Energy Particle Detector (HEPD-01) mounted on board the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES-01), operational since 2018 on a Sun-synchronous…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-26 Francesco Palma , Matteo Martucci , Coralie Neubüser , Alessandro Sotgiu , Francesco Maria Follega , Pietro Ubertini , Angela Bazzano , James Rodi , Roberto Ammendola , Davide Badoni , Simona Bartocci , Roberto Battiston , Stefania Beolè , Igor Bertello , William Jerome Burger , Donatella Campana , Antonio Cicone , Piero Cipollone , Silvia Coli , Livio Conti , Andrea Contin , Marco Cristoforetti , Giulia D'Angelo , Fabrizio De Angelis , Cinzia De Donato , Cristian De Santis , Piero Diego , Andrea Di Luca , Emiliano Fiorenza , Giuseppe Gebbia , Roberto Iuppa , Alessandro Lega , Mauro Lolli , Bruno Martino , Giuseppe Masciantonio , Matteo Mergè , Marco Mese , Alfredo Morbidini , Francesco Nozzoli , Fabrizio Nuccilli , Alberto Oliva , Giuseppe Osteria , Federico Palmonari , Beatrice Panico , Emanuele Papini , Alexandra Parmentier , Stefania Perciballi , Francesco Perfetto , Alessio Perinelli , Piergiorgio Picozza , Mirko Piersanti , Michele Pozzato , Gianmaria Rebustini , Dario Recchiuti , Ester Ricci , Marco Ricci , Sergio Bruno Ricciarini , Andrea Russi , Zouleikha Sahnoun , Umberto Savino , Valentina Scotti , Xuhui Shen , Roberta Sparvoli , Silvia Tofani , Nello Vertolli , Veronica Vilona , Vincenzo Vitale , Ugo Zannoni , Zhima Zeren , Simona Zoffoli , Paolo Zuccon

The energy spectrum of cosmic-ray electrons at TeV energies

The very large collection area of ground-based gamma-ray telescopes gives them a substantial advantage over balloon/satellite based instruments in the detection of very-high-energy (>600 GeV) cosmic-ray electrons. Here we present the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , : , F. Aharonian

Indirect dark matter search with the balloon-borne PEBS detector

A precision measurement of the cosmic-ray positron spectrum may help to solve the puzzle of the nature of dark matter. Pairwise annihilation of neutralinos, predicted by some supersymmetric extensions to the standard model of particle…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-17 H. Gast , R. Greim , T. Kirn , G. Roper Yearwood , S. Schael

Observation of Spectral Structures in the Flux of Cosmic-Ray Protons from 50 GeV to 60 TeV with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station

A precise measurement of the cosmic-ray proton spectrum with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) is presented in the energy interval from 50 GeV to 60 TeV, and the observation of a softening of the spectrum above 10 TeV is reported.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-07 O. Adriani , Y. Akaike , K. Asano , Y. Asaoka , E. Berti , G. Bigongiari , W. R. Binns , M. Bongi , P. Brogi , A. Bruno , J. H. Buckley , N. Cannady , G. Castellini , C. Checchia , M. L. Cherry , G. Collazuol , K. Ebisawa , A. W. Ficklin , H. Fuke , S. Gonzi , T. G. Guzik , T. Hams , K. Hibino , M. Ichimura , K. Ioka , W. Ishizaki , M. H. Israel , K. Kasahara , J. Kataoka , R. Kataoka , Y. Katayose , C. Kato , N. Kawanaka , Y. Kawakubo , K. Kobayashi , K. Kohri , H. S. Krawczynski , J. F. Krizmanic , P. Maestro , P. S. Marrocchesi , A. M. Messineo , J. W. Mitchell , S. Miyake , A. A. Moiseev , M. Mori , N. Mori , H. M. Motz , K. Munakata , S. Nakahira , J. Nishimura , G. A. de Nolfo , S. Okuno , J. F. Ormes , S. Ozawa , L. Pacini , P. Papini , B. F. Rauch , S. B. Ricciarini , K. Sakai , T. Sakamoto , M. Sasaki , Y. Shimizu , A. Shiomi , P. Spillantini , F. Stolzi , S. Sugita , A. Sulaj , M. Takita , T. Tamura , T. Terasawa , S. Torii , Y. Tsunesada , Y. Uchihori , E. Vannuccini , J. P. Wefel , K. Yamaoka , S. Yanagita , A. Yoshida , K. Yoshida , W. V. Zober

Precise Measurement of Cosmic-Ray Proton and Helium Spectra with the BESS Spectrometer

We report cosmic-ray proton and helium spectra in energy ranges of 1 to 120 GeV and 1 to 54 GeV/nucleon, respectively, measured by a balloon flight of the BESS spectrometer in 1998. The magnetic-rigidity of the cosmic-rays was reliably…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. Sanuki , M. Motoki , H. Matsumoto , E. S. Seo , J. Z. Wang , K. Abe , K. Anraku , Y. Asaoka , M. Fujikawa , M. Imori , T. Maeno , Y. Makida , N. Matsui , H. Matsunaga , J. Mitchell , T. Mitsui , A. Moiseev , J. Nishimura , M. Nozaki , S. Orito , J. Ormes , T. Saeki , M. Sasaki , Y. Shikaze , T. Sonoda , R. Streitmatter , J. Suzuki , K. Tanaka , I. Ueda , N. Yajima , T. Yamagami , A. Yamamoto , T. Yoshida , K. Yoshimura

Energy and Flux Measurements of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays Observed During the First ANITA Flight

The first flight of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) experiment recorded 16 radio signals that were emitted by cosmic-ray induced air showers. For 14 of these events, this radiation was reflected from the ice. The dominant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-09 H. Schoorlemmer , K. Belov , A. Romero-Wolf , D. García-Fernández , V. Bugaev , S. A. Wissel , P. Allison , J. Alvarez-Muñiz , S. W. Barwick , J. J. Beatty , D. Z. Besson , W. R. Binns , W. R. Carvalho , C. Chen , P. Chen , J. M. Clem , A. Connolly , P. F. Dowkontt , M. A. DuVernois , R. C. Field , D. Goldstein , P. W. Gorham , C. Hast , C. L. Heber , T. Huege , S. Hoover , M. H. Israel , A. Javaid , J. Kowalski , J. Lam , J. G. Learned , K. M. Liewer , J. T. Link , E. Lusczek , S. Matsuno , B. C. Mercurio , C. Miki , P. Miočinović , K. Mulrey , J. Nam , C. J. Naudet , J. Ng , R. J. Nichol , K. Palladino , B. F. Rauch , J. Roberts , K. Reil , B. Rotter , M. Rosen , L. Ruckman , D. Saltzberg , D. Seckel , D. Urdaneta , G. S. Varner , A. G. Vieregg , D. Walz , F. Wu , E. Zas

Observations of Galactic and Extra-galactic Sources From the BOOMERANG and SEST Telescopes

We present millimeter-wave observations of three extra-galactic and six Galactic sources in the Southern sky. Observations were made at 90, 150, 240 and 400 GHz with resolutions of 18, 10, 14 and 12 arcmin respectively during the 1998…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Coble , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , P. de Bernardis , P. Farese , K. Ganga , M. Giacometti , E. Hivon , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , A. E. Lange , L. Martinis , S. Masi , P. Mason , P. D. Mauskopf , A. Melchiorri , T. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , L. Nyman , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , D. Pogosyan , G. Polenta , F. Pongetti , S. Prunet , G. Romeo , J. E. Ruhl , F. Scaramuzzi

The cosmic-ray electron flux measured by the PAMELA experiment between 1 and 625 GeV

Precision measurements of the electron component in the cosmic radiation provide important information about the origin and propagation of cosmic rays in the Galaxy. Here we present new results regarding negatively charged electrons between…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-07-08 PAMELA Collaboration , O. Adriani , G. C. Barbarino , G. A. Bazilevskaya , R. Bellotti , M. Boezio , E. A. Bogomolov , M. Bongi , V. Bonvicini , S. Borisov , S. Bottai , A. Bruno , F. Cafagna , D. Campana , R. Carbone , P. Carlson , M. Casolino , G. Castellini , L. Consiglio , M. P. De Pascale , C. De Santis , N. De Simone , V. Di Felice , A. M. Galper , W. Gillard , L. Grishantseva , G. Jerse , A. V. Karelin , S. V. Koldashov , S. Y. Krutkov , A. N. Kvashnin , A. Leonov , V. Malakhov , V. Malvezzi , L. Marcelli , A. G. Mayorov , W. Menn , V. V. Mikhailov , E. Mocchiutti , A. Monaco , N. Mori , N. Nikonov , G. Osteria , F. Palma , P. Papini , M. Pearce , P. Picozza , C. Pizzolotto , M. Ricci , S. B. Ricciarini , L. Rossetto , R. Sarkar , M. Simon , R. Sparvoli , P. Spillantini , S. J. Stochaj , J. C. Stockton , Y. I. Stozhkov , A. Vacchi , E. Vannuccini , G. Vasilyev , S. A. Voronov , J. Wu , Y. T. Yurkin , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , V. G. Zverev

Measurements of 0.2 to 20 GeV/n cosmic-ray proton and helium spectra from 1997 through 2002 with the BESS spectrometer

We measured low energy cosmic-ray proton and helium spectra in the kinetic energy range 0.215 - 21.5 GeV/n at different solar activities during a period from 1997 to 2002. The observations were carried out with the BESS spectrometer…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Y. Shikaze , S. Haino , K. Abe , H. Fuke , T. Hams , K. C. Kim , Y. Makida , S. Matsuda , J. W. Mitchell , A. A. Moiseev , J. Nishimura , M. Nozaki , S. Orito , J. F. Ormes , T. Sanuki , M. Sasaki , E. S. Seo , R. E. Streitmatter , J. Suzuki , K. Tanaka , T. Yamagami , A. Yamamoto , T. Yoshida , K. Yoshimura

Calibration of the CREAM-I calorimeter

The Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) calorimeter is designed to measure the spectra of cosmic-ray particles over the energy range from ~10^11 eV to ~10^15 eV. Its first flight as part of the CREAM-I balloon-borne payload in Antarctica…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-03-26 Y. S. Yoon , H. S. Ahn , M. G. Bagliesi , G. Bigongiari , O. Ganel , J. H. Han , J. A. Jeon , K. C. Kim , M. H. Lee , L. Lutz , P. Maestro , A. Malinin , P. S. Marrocchesi , S. Nam , I. H. Park , N. H. Park , E. S. Seo , R. Sina , J. Wu , J. Yang , R. Zei , S. Y. Zinn

New Measurement of the Cosmic-Ray Positron Fraction from 5 to 15 GeV

We present a new measurement of the cosmic-ray positron fraction at energies between 5 and 15 GeV with the balloon-borne HEAT-pbar instrument in the spring of 2000. The data presented here are compatible with our previous measurements,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. J. Beatty , A. Bhattacharyya , C. Bower , S. Coutu , M. A. DuVernois , S. McKee , S. A. Minnick , D. Muller , J. Musser , S. Nutter , A. W. Labrador , M. Schubnell , S. Swordy , G. Tarle , A. Tomasch