The article is highlighted as "Editors' Suggestion" on the publisher's website. - A precision measurement by AMS of the positron fraction in primary cosmic rays in the energy range from 0.5 to 500 GeV based on 10.9 million positron and electron events is presented. This measurement extends the energy range of our previous observation and increases its precision. The new results show, for the first time, that above similar to 200 GeV the positron fraction no longer exhibits an increase with energy.
Titolo: | 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 |
Autori: | Lazzizzera, Ignazio; Battiston, Roberto; Ams_collaboration, |
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Titolo del periodico: | PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS |
Anno di pubblicazione: | 2014 |
Numero e parte del fascicolo: | 12 |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-84907246464 |
Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:000345773700005 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.121101 |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11572/113696 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 03.1 Articolo su rivista (Journal article) |
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