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 γ=−3.170±0.008(stat+syst)±0.008(energy scale).

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 / M. Aguilar;D. Aisa;B. Alpat;A. Alvino;G. Ambrosi;K. Andeen;L. Arruda;N. Attig;P. Azzarello;A. Bachlechner;F. Barao;A. Barrau;L. Barrin;A. Bartoloni;L. Basara;M. Battarbee;R. Battiston;J. Bazo;U. Becker;M. Behlmann;B. Beischer;J. Berdugo;B. Bertucci;G. Bigongiari;V. Bindi;S. Bizzaglia;M. Bizzarri;G. Boella;W. de Boer;K. Bollweg;V. Bonnivard;B. Borgia;S. Borsini;M. J. Boschini;M. Bourquin;J. Burger;F. Cadoux;X. D. Cai;M. Capell;S. Caroff;J. Casaus;V. Cascioli;G. Castellini;I. Cernuda;F. Cervelli;M. J. Chae;Y. H. Chang;A. I. Chen;H. Chen;G. M. Cheng;H. S. Chen;L. Cheng;A. Chikanian;H. Y. Chou;E. Choumilov;V. Choutko;C. H. Chung;C. Clark;R. Clavero;G. Coignet;C. Consolandi;A. Contin;C. Corti;B. Coste;M. Crispoltoni;Z. Cui;M. Dai;C. Delgado;S. Della Torre;M. B. Demirköz;L. Derome;S. Di Falco;L. Di Masso;F. Dimiccoli;C. Díaz;P. von Doetinchem;F. Donnini;W. J. Du;M. Duranti;D. D’Urso;A. Eline;F. J. Eppling;T. Eronen;Y. Y. Fan;L. Farnesini;J. Feng;E. Fiandrini;A. Fiasson;E. Finch;P. Fisher;Y. Galaktionov;G. Gallucci;B. García;R. García-López;C. Gargiulo;H. Gast;I. Gebauer;M. Gervasi;A. Ghelfi;W. Gillard;F. Giovacchini;P. Goglov;J. Gong;C. Goy;V. Grabski;D. Grandi;M. Graziani;C. Guandalini;I. Guerri;K. H. Guo;M. Habiby;S. Haino;K. C. Han;Z. H. He;M. Heil;J. Hoffman;T. H. Hsieh;Z. C. Huang;C. Huh;M. Incagli;M. Ionica;W. Y. Jang;H. Jinchi;K. Kanishev;G. N. Kim;K. S. Kim;Th. Kirn;R. Kossakowski;O. Kounina;A. Kounine;V. Koutsenko;M. S. Krafczyk;S. Kunz;G. La Vacca;E. Laudi;G. Laurenti;I. Lazzizzera;A. Lebedev;H. T. Lee;S. C. Lee;C. Leluc;H. L. Li;J. Q. Li;Q. Li;Q. Li;T. X. Li;W. Li;Y. Li;Z. H. Li;Z. Y. Li;S. Lim;C. H. Lin;P. Lipari;T. Lippert;D. Liu;H. Liu;T. Lomtadze;M. J. Lu;Y. S. Lu;K. Luebelsmeyer;F. Luo;J. Z. Luo;S. S. Lv;R. Majka;A. Malinin;C. Mañá;J. Marín;T. Martin;G. Martínez;N. Masi;D. Maurin;A. Menchaca-Rocha;Q. Meng;D. C. Mo;L. Morescalchi;P. Mott;M. Müller;J. Q. Ni;N. Nikonov;F. Nozzoli;P. Nunes;A. Obermeier;A. Oliva;M. Orcinha;F. Palmonari;C. Palomares;M. Paniccia;A. Papi;M. Pauluzzi;E. Pedreschi;S. Pensotti;R. Pereira;F. Pilo;A. Piluso;C. Pizzolotto;V. Plyaskin;M. Pohl;V. Poireau;E. Postaci;A. Putze;L. Quadrani;X. M. Qi;T. Räihä;P. G. Rancoita;D. Rapin;J. S. Ricol;I. Rodríguez;S. Rosier-Lees;A. Rozhkov;D. Rozza;R. Sagdeev;J. Sandweiss;P. Saouter;C. Sbarra;S. Schael;S. M. Schmidt;D. Schuckardt;A. Schulz von Dratzig;G. Schwering;G. Scolieri;E. S. Seo;B. S. Shan;Y. H. Shan;J. Y. Shi;X. Y. Shi;Y. M. Shi;T. Siedenburg;D. Son;F. Spada;F. Spinella;W. Sun;W. H. Sun;M. Tacconi;C. P. Tang;X. W. Tang;Z. C. Tang;L. Tao;D. Tescaro;Samuel C. C. Ting;S. M. Ting;N. Tomassetti;J. Torsti;C. Türkoğlu;T. Urban;V. Vagelli;E. Valente;C. Vannini;E. Valtonen;S. Vaurynovich;M. Vecchi;M. Velasco;J. P. Vialle;L. Q. Wang;Q. L. Wang;R. S. Wang;X. Wang;Z. X. Wang;Z. L. Weng;K. Whitman;J. Wienkenhöver;H. Wu;X. Xia;M. Xie;S. Xie;R. Q. Xiong;G. M. Xin;N. S. Xu;W. Xu;Q. Yan;J. Yang;M. Yang;Q. H. Ye;H. Yi;Y. J. Yu;Z. Q. Yu;S. Zeissler;J. H. Zhang;M. T. Zhang;X. B. Zhang;Z. Zhang;Z. M. Zheng;H. L. Zhuang;V. Zhukov;A. Zichichi;N. Zimmermann;P. Zuccon;C. Zurbach. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - STAMPA. - 113:(2014), pp. 221102-1-221102-7. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.221102]

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

CONTIN, ANDREA;MASI, NICOLO';PALMONARI, FEDERICO;QUADRANI, LUCIO;ZICHICHI, ANTONINO;
2014

Abstract

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 γ=−3.170±0.008(stat+syst)±0.008(energy scale).
2014
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 / M. Aguilar;D. Aisa;B. Alpat;A. Alvino;G. Ambrosi;K. Andeen;L. Arruda;N. Attig;P. Azzarello;A. Bachlechner;F. Barao;A. Barrau;L. Barrin;A. Bartoloni;L. Basara;M. Battarbee;R. Battiston;J. Bazo;U. Becker;M. Behlmann;B. Beischer;J. Berdugo;B. Bertucci;G. Bigongiari;V. Bindi;S. Bizzaglia;M. Bizzarri;G. Boella;W. de Boer;K. Bollweg;V. Bonnivard;B. Borgia;S. Borsini;M. J. Boschini;M. Bourquin;J. Burger;F. Cadoux;X. D. Cai;M. Capell;S. Caroff;J. Casaus;V. Cascioli;G. Castellini;I. Cernuda;F. Cervelli;M. J. Chae;Y. H. Chang;A. I. Chen;H. Chen;G. M. Cheng;H. S. Chen;L. Cheng;A. Chikanian;H. Y. Chou;E. Choumilov;V. Choutko;C. H. Chung;C. Clark;R. Clavero;G. Coignet;C. Consolandi;A. Contin;C. Corti;B. Coste;M. Crispoltoni;Z. Cui;M. Dai;C. Delgado;S. Della Torre;M. B. Demirköz;L. Derome;S. Di Falco;L. Di Masso;F. Dimiccoli;C. Díaz;P. von Doetinchem;F. Donnini;W. J. Du;M. Duranti;D. D’Urso;A. Eline;F. J. Eppling;T. Eronen;Y. Y. Fan;L. Farnesini;J. Feng;E. Fiandrini;A. Fiasson;E. Finch;P. Fisher;Y. Galaktionov;G. Gallucci;B. García;R. García-López;C. Gargiulo;H. Gast;I. Gebauer;M. Gervasi;A. Ghelfi;W. Gillard;F. Giovacchini;P. Goglov;J. Gong;C. Goy;V. Grabski;D. Grandi;M. Graziani;C. Guandalini;I. Guerri;K. H. Guo;M. Habiby;S. Haino;K. C. Han;Z. H. He;M. Heil;J. Hoffman;T. H. Hsieh;Z. C. Huang;C. Huh;M. Incagli;M. Ionica;W. Y. Jang;H. Jinchi;K. Kanishev;G. N. Kim;K. S. Kim;Th. Kirn;R. Kossakowski;O. Kounina;A. Kounine;V. Koutsenko;M. S. Krafczyk;S. Kunz;G. La Vacca;E. Laudi;G. Laurenti;I. Lazzizzera;A. Lebedev;H. T. Lee;S. C. Lee;C. Leluc;H. L. Li;J. Q. Li;Q. Li;Q. Li;T. X. Li;W. Li;Y. Li;Z. H. Li;Z. Y. Li;S. Lim;C. H. Lin;P. Lipari;T. Lippert;D. Liu;H. Liu;T. Lomtadze;M. J. Lu;Y. S. Lu;K. Luebelsmeyer;F. Luo;J. Z. Luo;S. S. Lv;R. Majka;A. Malinin;C. Mañá;J. Marín;T. Martin;G. Martínez;N. Masi;D. Maurin;A. Menchaca-Rocha;Q. Meng;D. C. Mo;L. Morescalchi;P. Mott;M. Müller;J. Q. Ni;N. Nikonov;F. Nozzoli;P. Nunes;A. Obermeier;A. Oliva;M. Orcinha;F. Palmonari;C. Palomares;M. Paniccia;A. Papi;M. Pauluzzi;E. Pedreschi;S. Pensotti;R. Pereira;F. Pilo;A. Piluso;C. Pizzolotto;V. Plyaskin;M. Pohl;V. Poireau;E. Postaci;A. Putze;L. Quadrani;X. M. Qi;T. Räihä;P. G. Rancoita;D. Rapin;J. S. Ricol;I. Rodríguez;S. Rosier-Lees;A. Rozhkov;D. Rozza;R. Sagdeev;J. Sandweiss;P. Saouter;C. Sbarra;S. Schael;S. M. Schmidt;D. Schuckardt;A. Schulz von Dratzig;G. Schwering;G. Scolieri;E. S. Seo;B. S. Shan;Y. H. Shan;J. Y. Shi;X. Y. Shi;Y. M. Shi;T. Siedenburg;D. Son;F. Spada;F. Spinella;W. Sun;W. H. Sun;M. Tacconi;C. P. Tang;X. W. Tang;Z. C. Tang;L. Tao;D. Tescaro;Samuel C. C. Ting;S. M. Ting;N. Tomassetti;J. Torsti;C. Türkoğlu;T. Urban;V. Vagelli;E. Valente;C. Vannini;E. Valtonen;S. Vaurynovich;M. Vecchi;M. Velasco;J. P. Vialle;L. Q. Wang;Q. L. Wang;R. S. Wang;X. Wang;Z. X. Wang;Z. L. Weng;K. Whitman;J. Wienkenhöver;H. Wu;X. Xia;M. Xie;S. Xie;R. Q. Xiong;G. M. Xin;N. S. Xu;W. Xu;Q. Yan;J. Yang;M. Yang;Q. H. Ye;H. Yi;Y. J. Yu;Z. Q. Yu;S. Zeissler;J. H. Zhang;M. T. Zhang;X. B. Zhang;Z. Zhang;Z. M. Zheng;H. L. Zhuang;V. Zhukov;A. Zichichi;N. Zimmermann;P. Zuccon;C. Zurbach. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - STAMPA. - 113:(2014), pp. 221102-1-221102-7. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.221102]
M. Aguilar;D. Aisa;B. Alpat;A. Alvino;G. Ambrosi;K. Andeen;L. Arruda;N. Attig;P. Azzarello;A. Bachlechner;F. Barao;A. Barrau;L. Barrin;A. Bartoloni;L. Basara;M. Battarbee;R. Battiston;J. Bazo;U. Becker;M. Behlmann;B. Beischer;J. Berdugo;B. Bertucci;G. Bigongiari;V. Bindi;S. Bizzaglia;M. Bizzarri;G. Boella;W. de Boer;K. Bollweg;V. Bonnivard;B. Borgia;S. Borsini;M. J. Boschini;M. Bourquin;J. Burger;F. Cadoux;X. D. Cai;M. Capell;S. Caroff;J. Casaus;V. Cascioli;G. Castellini;I. Cernuda;F. Cervelli;M. J. Chae;Y. H. Chang;A. I. Chen;H. Chen;G. M. Cheng;H. S. Chen;L. Cheng;A. Chikanian;H. Y. Chou;E. Choumilov;V. Choutko;C. H. Chung;C. Clark;R. Clavero;G. Coignet;C. Consolandi;A. Contin;C. Corti;B. Coste;M. Crispoltoni;Z. Cui;M. Dai;C. Delgado;S. Della Torre;M. B. Demirköz;L. Derome;S. Di Falco;L. Di Masso;F. Dimiccoli;C. Díaz;P. von Doetinchem;F. Donnini;W. J. Du;M. Duranti;D. D’Urso;A. Eline;F. J. Eppling;T. Eronen;Y. Y. Fan;L. Farnesini;J. Feng;E. Fiandrini;A. Fiasson;E. Finch;P. Fisher;Y. Galaktionov;G. Gallucci;B. García;R. García-López;C. Gargiulo;H. Gast;I. Gebauer;M. Gervasi;A. Ghelfi;W. Gillard;F. Giovacchini;P. Goglov;J. Gong;C. Goy;V. Grabski;D. Grandi;M. Graziani;C. Guandalini;I. Guerri;K. H. Guo;M. Habiby;S. Haino;K. C. Han;Z. H. He;M. Heil;J. Hoffman;T. H. Hsieh;Z. C. Huang;C. Huh;M. Incagli;M. Ionica;W. Y. Jang;H. Jinchi;K. Kanishev;G. N. Kim;K. S. Kim;Th. Kirn;R. Kossakowski;O. Kounina;A. Kounine;V. Koutsenko;M. S. Krafczyk;S. Kunz;G. La Vacca;E. Laudi;G. Laurenti;I. Lazzizzera;A. Lebedev;H. T. Lee;S. C. Lee;C. Leluc;H. L. Li;J. Q. Li;Q. Li;Q. Li;T. X. Li;W. Li;Y. Li;Z. H. Li;Z. Y. Li;S. Lim;C. H. Lin;P. Lipari;T. Lippert;D. Liu;H. Liu;T. Lomtadze;M. J. Lu;Y. S. Lu;K. Luebelsmeyer;F. Luo;J. Z. Luo;S. S. Lv;R. Majka;A. Malinin;C. Mañá;J. Marín;T. Martin;G. Martínez;N. Masi;D. Maurin;A. Menchaca-Rocha;Q. Meng;D. C. Mo;L. Morescalchi;P. Mott;M. Müller;J. Q. Ni;N. Nikonov;F. Nozzoli;P. Nunes;A. Obermeier;A. Oliva;M. Orcinha;F. Palmonari;C. Palomares;M. Paniccia;A. Papi;M. Pauluzzi;E. Pedreschi;S. Pensotti;R. Pereira;F. Pilo;A. Piluso;C. Pizzolotto;V. Plyaskin;M. Pohl;V. Poireau;E. Postaci;A. Putze;L. Quadrani;X. M. Qi;T. Räihä;P. G. Rancoita;D. Rapin;J. S. Ricol;I. Rodríguez;S. Rosier-Lees;A. Rozhkov;D. Rozza;R. Sagdeev;J. Sandweiss;P. Saouter;C. Sbarra;S. Schael;S. M. Schmidt;D. Schuckardt;A. Schulz von Dratzig;G. Schwering;G. Scolieri;E. S. Seo;B. S. Shan;Y. H. Shan;J. Y. Shi;X. Y. Shi;Y. M. Shi;T. Siedenburg;D. Son;F. Spada;F. Spinella;W. Sun;W. H. Sun;M. Tacconi;C. P. Tang;X. W. Tang;Z. C. Tang;L. Tao;D. Tescaro;Samuel C. C. Ting;S. M. Ting;N. Tomassetti;J. Torsti;C. Türkoğlu;T. Urban;V. Vagelli;E. Valente;C. Vannini;E. Valtonen;S. Vaurynovich;M. Vecchi;M. Velasco;J. P. Vialle;L. Q. Wang;Q. L. Wang;R. S. Wang;X. Wang;Z. X. Wang;Z. L. Weng;K. Whitman;J. Wienkenhöver;H. Wu;X. Xia;M. Xie;S. Xie;R. Q. Xiong;G. M. Xin;N. S. Xu;W. Xu;Q. Yan;J. Yang;M. Yang;Q. H. Ye;H. Yi;Y. J. Yu;Z. Q. Yu;S. Zeissler;J. H. Zhang;M. T. Zhang;X. B. Zhang;Z. Zhang;Z. M. Zheng;H. L. Zhuang;V. Zhukov;A. Zichichi;N. Zimmermann;P. Zuccon;C. Zurbach
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