doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.141102.
Epub 2013 Apr 3.
First result from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station: precision measurement of the positron fraction in primary cosmic rays of 0.5-350 GeV
M Aguilar
1
, G Alberti
2
, B Alpat
3
, A Alvino
2
, G Ambrosi
3
, K Andeen
4
, H Anderhub
5
, L Arruda
6
, P Azzarello
7
, A Bachlechner
8
, F Barao
6
, B Baret
9
, A Barrau
9
, L Barrin
10
, A Bartoloni
11
, L Basara
12
, A Basili
13
, L Batalha
6
, J Bates
14
, R Battiston
15
, J Bazo
3
, R Becker
13
, U Becker
13
, M Behlmann
13
, B Beischer
8
, J Berdugo
16
, P Berges
13
, B Bertucci
2
, G Bigongiari
17
, A Biland
5
, V Bindi
18
, S Bizzaglia
3
, G Boella
19
, W de Boer
4
, K Bollweg
14
, J Bolmont
20
, B Borgia
21
, S Borsini
2
, M J Boschini
22
, G Boudoul
9
, M Bourquin
23
, P Brun
12
, M Buénerd
9
, J Burger
13
, W Burger
24
, F Cadoux
25
, X D Cai
13
, M Capell
13
, D Casadei
26
, J Casaus
16
, V Cascioli
2
, G Castellini
27
, I Cernuda
16
, F Cervelli
28
, M J Chae
29
, Y H Chang
30
, A I Chen
13
, C R Chen
31
, H Chen
13
, G M Cheng
32
, H S Chen
32
, L Cheng
33
, N Chernoplyiokov
34
, A Chikanian
35
, E Choumilov
13
, V Choutko
13
, C H Chung
8
, C Clark
14
, R Clavero
36
, G Coignet
12
, V Commichau
5
, C Consolandi
37
, A Contin
26
, C Corti
18
, M T Costado Dios
36
, B Coste
9
, D Crespo
16
, Z Cui
33
, M Dai
38
, C Delgado
16
, S Della Torre
19
, B Demirkoz
39
, P Dennett
13
, L Derome
9
, S Di Falco
28
, X H Diao
40
, A Diago
36
, L Djambazov
5
, C Díaz
16
, P von Doetinchem
8
, W J Du
33
, J M Dubois
12
, R Duperay
9
, M Duranti
2
, D D'Urso
41
, A Egorov
13
, A Eline
13
, F J Eppling
13
, T Eronen
42
, J van Es
43
, H Esser
8
, A Falvard
20
, E Fiandrini
2
, A Fiasson
12
, E Finch
35
, P Fisher
13
, K Flood
13
, R Foglio
9
, M Fohey
14
, S Fopp
8
, N Fouque
12
, Y Galaktionov
13
, M Gallilee
13
, L Gallin-Martel
9
, G Gallucci
28
, B García
16
, J García
16
, R García-López
36
, L García-Tabares
16
, C Gargiulo
44
, H Gast
8
, I Gebauer
4
, S Gentile
21
, M Gervasi
19
, W Gillard
9
, F Giovacchini
16
, L Girard
12
, P Goglov
13
, J Gong
45
, C Goy-Henningsen
12
, D Grandi
22
, M Graziani
2
, A Grechko
34
, A Gross
8
, I Guerri
17
, C de la Guía
16
, K H Guo
40
, M Habiby
23
, S Haino
46
, F Hauler
4
, Z H He
40
, M Heil
4
, J Heilig
14
, R Hermel
12
, H Hofer
5
, Z C Huang
40
, W Hungerford
47
, M Incagli
48
, M Ionica
2
, A Jacholkowska
20
, W Y Jang
49
, H Jinchi
50
, M Jongmanns
5
, L Journet
12
, L Jungermann
4
, W Karpinski
8
, G N Kim
49
, K S Kim
49
, Th Kirn
8
, R Kossakowski
12
, A Koulemzine
13
, O Kounina
13
, A Kounine
13
, V Koutsenko
13
, M S Krafczyk
13
, E Laudi
2
, G Laurenti
51
, C Lauritzen
14
, A Lebedev
13
, M W Lee
49
, S C Lee
52
, C Leluc
23
, H León Vargas
53
, V Lepareur
12
, J Q Li
45
, Q Li
45
, T X Li
40
, W Li
54
, Z H Li
32
, P Lipari
11
, C H Lin
52
, D Liu
52
, H Liu
45
, T Lomtadze
28
, Y S Lu
32
, S Lucidi
3
, K Lübelsmeyer
8
, J Z Luo
45
, W Lustermann
5
, S Lv
40
, J Madsen
55
, R Majka
35
, A Malinin
56
, C Mañá
16
, J Marín
16
, T Martin
14
, G Martínez
16
, F Masciocchi
23
, N Masi
26
, D Maurin
9
, A McInturff
57
, P McIntyre
57
, A Menchaca-Rocha
53
, Q Meng
45
, M Menichelli
3
, I Mereu
2
, M Millinger
8
, D C Mo
40
, M Molina
58
, P Mott
14
, A Mujunen
59
, S Natale
60
, P Nemeth
14
, J Q Ni
40
, N Nikonov
4
, F Nozzoli
61
, P Nunes
6
, A Obermeier
4
, S Oh
29
, A Oliva
62
, F Palmonari
26
, C Palomares
16
, M Paniccia
25
, A Papi
3
, W H Park
49
, M Pauluzzi
2
, F Pauss
5
, A Pauw
43
, E Pedreschi
28
, S Pensotti
19
, R Pereira
6
, E Perrin
23
, G Pessina
19
, G Pierschel
8
, F Pilo
28
, A Piluso
2
, C Pizzolotto
61
, V Plyaskin
13
, J Pochon
63
, M Pohl
23
, V Poireau
12
, S Porter
14
, J Pouxe
9
, A Putze
8
, L Quadrani
26
, X N Qi
40
, P G Rancoita
22
, D Rapin
23
, Z L Ren
52
, J S Ricol
9
, E Riihonen
42
, I Rodríguez
16
, U Roeser
5
, S Rosier-Lees
12
, L Rossi
64
, A Rozhkov
13
, D Rozza
65
, A Sabellek
4
, R Sagdeev
66
, J Sandweiss
35
, B Santos
6
, P Saouter
23
, M Sarchioni
3
, S Schael
8
, D Schinzel
13
, M Schmanau
4
, G Schwering
8
, A Schulz von Dratzig
8
, G Scolieri
3
, E S Seo
56
, B S Shan
54
, J Y Shi
45
, Y M Shi
67
, T Siedenburg
8
, R Siedling
8
, D Son
49
, F Spada
11
, F Spinella
28
, M Steuer
13
, K Stiff
57
, W Sun
13
, W H Sun
45
, X H Sun
40
, M Tacconi
19
, C P Tang
40
, X W Tang
32
, Z C Tang
32
, L Tao
12
, J Tassan-Viol
12
, Samuel C C Ting
13
, S M Ting
13
, C Titus
13
, N Tomassetti
2
, F Toral
16
, J Torsti
42
, J R Tsai
31
, J C Tutt
14
, J Ulbricht
5
, T Urban
14
, V Vagelli
4
, E Valente
11
, C Vannini
28
, E Valtonen
42
, M Vargas Trevino
9
, S Vaurynovich
13
, M Vecchi
30
, M Vergain
13
, B Verlaat
68
, C Vescovi
9
, J P Vialle
12
, G Viertel
5
, G Volpini
69
, D Wang
31
, N H Wang
33
, Q L Wang
38
, R S Wang
67
, X Wang
13
, Z X Wang
40
, W Wallraff
8
, Z L Weng
70
, M Willenbrock
13
, M Wlochal
8
, H Wu
45
, K Y Wu
71
, Z S Wu
40
, W J Xiao
40
, S Xie
67
, R Q Xiong
45
, G M Xin
33
, N S Xu
40
, W Xu
32
, Q Yan
32
, J Yang
29
, M Yang
32
, Q H Ye
67
, H Yi
45
, Y J Yu
38
, Z Q Yu
32
, S Zeissler
4
, J G Zhang
45
, Z Zhang
40
, M M Zhang
40
, Z M Zheng
54
, H L Zhuang
32
, V Zhukov
8
, A Zichichi
26
, P Zuccon
72
, C Zurbach
20
; AMS Collaboration
Affiliations
Affiliations
- 1 European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland and Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, CIEMAT, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
- 2 INFN-Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 3 INFN-Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 4 Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, KIT, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany.
- 5 Institute for Particle Physics, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
- 6 Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas, LIP, P-1000 Lisboa, Portugal.
- 7 DPNC, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland and INFN-Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 8 I. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH, D-52056 Aachen, Germany.
- 9 Laboratoire de Physique subatomique et de cosmologie, LPSC, IN2P3/CNRS and Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble INP, F-38026 Grenoble, France.
- 10 European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland.
- 11 INFN-Sezione di Roma 1, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
- 12 Laboratoire d'Annecy-Le-Vieux de Physique des Particules, LAPP, IN2P3/CNRS and Université de Savoie, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France.
- 13 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
- 14 NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, JSC, and Jacobs-Sverdrup, Houston, Texas 77058, USA.
- 15 INFN-Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy and INFN-TIFPA and Università di Trento, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy.
- 16 Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, CIEMAT, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
- 17 INFN-Sezione di Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy.
- 18 University of Hawaii, Physics and Astronomy Department, 2505 Correa Road, WAT 432; Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.
- 19 INFN-Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy and Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
- 20 Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, LUPM (ex LPTA), IN2P3/CNRS and Université de Montpellier II, F-34095 Montpellier, France.
- 21 INFN-Sezione di Roma 1, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
- 22 INFN-Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
- 23 DPNC, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland.
- 24 Università di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 25 Laboratoire d'Annecy-Le-Vieux de Physique des Particules, LAPP, IN2P3/CNRS and Université de Savoie, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France and DPNC, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland.
- 26 INFN-Sezione di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy and Università di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy.
- 27 CNR-IROE, I-50125 Firenze, Italy.
- 28 INFN-Sezione di Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy.
- 29 Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 120-750, Korea.
- 30 National Central University, NCU, Chung-Li, Tao Yuan 32054, Taiwan.
- 31 National Space Organization, Hsin-Chu City, 300, Taiwan.
- 32 Institute of High Energy Physics, IHEP, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China.
- 33 Shandong University, SDU, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China.
- 34 Kurchatov Institute, Russian Research Centre, Moscow, 123182, Russia.
- 35 Physics Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
- 36 Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, IAC, E-38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
- 37 University of Hawaii, Physics and Astronomy Department, 2505 Correa Road, WAT 432; Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA and INFN-Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
- 38 Institute of Electrical Engineering, IEE, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China.
- 39 Department of Physics, Middle East Technical University, METU, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.
- 40 Sun Yat-sen University, SYSU, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
- 41 European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland and INFN-Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 42 Space Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland.
- 43 National Aerospace Laboratory, NLR, NL-8300 AD Emmeloord, Netherlands.
- 44 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and INFN-Sezione di Roma 1, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
- 45 Southeast University, SEU, Nanjing, 210096, China.
- 46 National Central University, NCU, Chung-Li, Tao Yuan 32054, Taiwan and INFN-Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 47 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, JSC, and Jacobs-Sverdrup, Houston, Texas 77058, USA.
- 48 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and INFN-Sezione di Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy.
- 49 CHEP, Kyungpook National University, 702-701 Daegu, Korea.
- 50 Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, Lung-Tan, Tao Yuan 325, Taiwan.
- 51 INFN-Sezione di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy.
- 52 Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
- 53 Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM, México, D. F., 01000 México.
- 54 Beihang University, BUAA, Beijing, 100191, China.
- 55 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
- 56 IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
- 57 Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
- 58 I. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH, D-52056 Aachen, Germany and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark and National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NIKHEF, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands and Department of Physics, Middle East Technical University, METU, 06800 Ankara, Turkey and Laboratoire d'Annecy-Le-Vieux de Physique des Particules, LAPP, IN2P3/CNRS and Université de Savoie, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France and Beihang University, BUAA, Beijing, 100191, China and Institute of Electrical Engineering, IEE, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China and Institute of High Energy Physics, IHEP, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China and INFN-Sezione di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy and Università di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and National Central University, NCU, Chung-Li, Tao Yuan 32054, Taiwan and East-West Center for Space Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA and IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA and Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA and CHEP, Kyungpook National University, 702-701 Daegu, Korea and National Aerospace Laboratory, NLR, NL-8300 AD Emmeloord, Netherlands and CNR-IROE, I-50125 Firenze, Italy and ASDC ESRIN, I-00044 Frascati, Italy and European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland and DPNC, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland and Laboratoire de Physique subatomique et de cosmologie, LPSC, IN2P3/CNRS and Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble INP, F-38026 Grenoble, France and Sun Yat-sen University, SYSU, Guangzhou, 510275, China and University of Hawaii, Physics and Astronomy Department, 2505 Correa Road, WAT 432; Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA and NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center,
- 59 Metsahovi Radio Observatory, Helsinki University of Technology, FIN-02540 Kylmala, Finland.
- 60 I. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH, D-52056 Aachen, Germany and Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
- 61 ASDC ESRIN, I-00044 Frascati, Italy and INFN-Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 62 Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, CIEMAT, E-28040 Madrid, Spain and INFN-Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 63 Laboratoire d'Annecy-Le-Vieux de Physique des Particules, LAPP, IN2P3/CNRS and Université de Savoie, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France and Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, IAC, E-38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
- 64 European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland and Università di Milano, I-20090 Milano, Italy.
- 65 European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland and INFN-Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy and Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
- 66 East-West Center for Space Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
- 67 Shanghai Jiaotong University, SJTU, Shanghai, 200030, China.
- 68 National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NIKHEF, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- 69 INFN-Sezione di Milano, I-20090 Milano, Italy and Università di Milano, I-20090 Milano, Italy.
- 70 Sun Yat-sen University, SYSU, Guangzhou, 510275, China and Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
- 71 Beihang University, BUAA, Beijing, 100191, China and Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
- 72 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and INFN-Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- PMID: 25166975
- DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.141102
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First result from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station: precision measurement of the positron fraction in primary cosmic rays of 0.5-350 GeV
M Aguilar et al.
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doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.141102.
Epub 2013 Apr 3.
Authors
M Aguilar
1
, G Alberti
2
, B Alpat
3
, A Alvino
2
, G Ambrosi
3
, K Andeen
4
, H Anderhub
5
, L Arruda
6
, P Azzarello
7
, A Bachlechner
8
, F Barao
6
, B Baret
9
, A Barrau
9
, L Barrin
10
, A Bartoloni
11
, L Basara
12
, A Basili
13
, L Batalha
6
, J Bates
14
, R Battiston
15
, J Bazo
3
, R Becker
13
, U Becker
13
, M Behlmann
13
, B Beischer
8
, J Berdugo
16
, P Berges
13
, B Bertucci
2
, G Bigongiari
17
, A Biland
5
, V Bindi
18
, S Bizzaglia
3
, G Boella
19
, W de Boer
4
, K Bollweg
14
, J Bolmont
20
, B Borgia
21
, S Borsini
2
, M J Boschini
22
, G Boudoul
9
, M Bourquin
23
, P Brun
12
, M Buénerd
9
, J Burger
13
, W Burger
24
, F Cadoux
25
, X D Cai
13
, M Capell
13
, D Casadei
26
, J Casaus
16
, V Cascioli
2
, G Castellini
27
, I Cernuda
16
, F Cervelli
28
, M J Chae
29
, Y H Chang
30
, A I Chen
13
, C R Chen
31
, H Chen
13
, G M Cheng
32
, H S Chen
32
, L Cheng
33
, N Chernoplyiokov
34
, A Chikanian
35
, E Choumilov
13
, V Choutko
13
, C H Chung
8
, C Clark
14
, R Clavero
36
, G Coignet
12
, V Commichau
5
, C Consolandi
37
, A Contin
26
, C Corti
18
, M T Costado Dios
36
, B Coste
9
, D Crespo
16
, Z Cui
33
, M Dai
38
, C Delgado
16
, S Della Torre
19
, B Demirkoz
39
, P Dennett
13
, L Derome
9
, S Di Falco
28
, X H Diao
40
, A Diago
36
, L Djambazov
5
, C Díaz
16
, P von Doetinchem
8
, W J Du
33
, J M Dubois
12
, R Duperay
9
, M Duranti
2
, D D'Urso
41
, A Egorov
13
, A Eline
13
, F J Eppling
13
, T Eronen
42
, J van Es
43
, H Esser
8
, A Falvard
20
, E Fiandrini
2
, A Fiasson
12
, E Finch
35
, P Fisher
13
, K Flood
13
, R Foglio
9
, M Fohey
14
, S Fopp
8
, N Fouque
12
, Y Galaktionov
13
, M Gallilee
13
, L Gallin-Martel
9
, G Gallucci
28
, B García
16
, J García
16
, R García-López
36
, L García-Tabares
16
, C Gargiulo
44
, H Gast
8
, I Gebauer
4
, S Gentile
21
, M Gervasi
19
, W Gillard
9
, F Giovacchini
16
, L Girard
12
, P Goglov
13
, J Gong
45
, C Goy-Henningsen
12
, D Grandi
22
, M Graziani
2
, A Grechko
34
, A Gross
8
, I Guerri
17
, C de la Guía
16
, K H Guo
40
, M Habiby
23
, S Haino
46
, F Hauler
4
, Z H He
40
, M Heil
4
, J Heilig
14
, R Hermel
12
, H Hofer
5
, Z C Huang
40
, W Hungerford
47
, M Incagli
48
, M Ionica
2
, A Jacholkowska
20
, W Y Jang
49
, H Jinchi
50
, M Jongmanns
5
, L Journet
12
, L Jungermann
4
, W Karpinski
8
, G N Kim
49
, K S Kim
49
, Th Kirn
8
, R Kossakowski
12
, A Koulemzine
13
, O Kounina
13
, A Kounine
13
, V Koutsenko
13
, M S Krafczyk
13
, E Laudi
2
, G Laurenti
51
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Affiliations
- 1 European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland and Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, CIEMAT, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
- 2 INFN-Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 3 INFN-Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 4 Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, KIT, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany.
- 5 Institute for Particle Physics, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
- 6 Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas, LIP, P-1000 Lisboa, Portugal.
- 7 DPNC, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland and INFN-Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 8 I. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH, D-52056 Aachen, Germany.
- 9 Laboratoire de Physique subatomique et de cosmologie, LPSC, IN2P3/CNRS and Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble INP, F-38026 Grenoble, France.
- 10 European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland.
- 11 INFN-Sezione di Roma 1, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
- 12 Laboratoire d'Annecy-Le-Vieux de Physique des Particules, LAPP, IN2P3/CNRS and Université de Savoie, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France.
- 13 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
- 14 NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, JSC, and Jacobs-Sverdrup, Houston, Texas 77058, USA.
- 15 INFN-Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy and INFN-TIFPA and Università di Trento, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy.
- 16 Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, CIEMAT, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
- 17 INFN-Sezione di Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy.
- 18 University of Hawaii, Physics and Astronomy Department, 2505 Correa Road, WAT 432; Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.
- 19 INFN-Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy and Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
- 20 Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, LUPM (ex LPTA), IN2P3/CNRS and Université de Montpellier II, F-34095 Montpellier, France.
- 21 INFN-Sezione di Roma 1, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
- 22 INFN-Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
- 23 DPNC, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland.
- 24 Università di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 25 Laboratoire d'Annecy-Le-Vieux de Physique des Particules, LAPP, IN2P3/CNRS and Université de Savoie, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France and DPNC, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland.
- 26 INFN-Sezione di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy and Università di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy.
- 27 CNR-IROE, I-50125 Firenze, Italy.
- 28 INFN-Sezione di Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy.
- 29 Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 120-750, Korea.
- 30 National Central University, NCU, Chung-Li, Tao Yuan 32054, Taiwan.
- 31 National Space Organization, Hsin-Chu City, 300, Taiwan.
- 32 Institute of High Energy Physics, IHEP, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China.
- 33 Shandong University, SDU, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China.
- 34 Kurchatov Institute, Russian Research Centre, Moscow, 123182, Russia.
- 35 Physics Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
- 36 Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, IAC, E-38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
- 37 University of Hawaii, Physics and Astronomy Department, 2505 Correa Road, WAT 432; Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA and INFN-Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
- 38 Institute of Electrical Engineering, IEE, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China.
- 39 Department of Physics, Middle East Technical University, METU, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.
- 40 Sun Yat-sen University, SYSU, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
- 41 European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland and INFN-Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 42 Space Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland.
- 43 National Aerospace Laboratory, NLR, NL-8300 AD Emmeloord, Netherlands.
- 44 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and INFN-Sezione di Roma 1, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
- 45 Southeast University, SEU, Nanjing, 210096, China.
- 46 National Central University, NCU, Chung-Li, Tao Yuan 32054, Taiwan and INFN-Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 47 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, JSC, and Jacobs-Sverdrup, Houston, Texas 77058, USA.
- 48 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and INFN-Sezione di Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy.
- 49 CHEP, Kyungpook National University, 702-701 Daegu, Korea.
- 50 Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, Lung-Tan, Tao Yuan 325, Taiwan.
- 51 INFN-Sezione di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy.
- 52 Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
- 53 Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM, México, D. F., 01000 México.
- 54 Beihang University, BUAA, Beijing, 100191, China.
- 55 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
- 56 IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
- 57 Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
- 58 I. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH, D-52056 Aachen, Germany and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark and National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NIKHEF, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands and Department of Physics, Middle East Technical University, METU, 06800 Ankara, Turkey and Laboratoire d'Annecy-Le-Vieux de Physique des Particules, LAPP, IN2P3/CNRS and Université de Savoie, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France and Beihang University, BUAA, Beijing, 100191, China and Institute of Electrical Engineering, IEE, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China and Institute of High Energy Physics, IHEP, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China and INFN-Sezione di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy and Università di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and National Central University, NCU, Chung-Li, Tao Yuan 32054, Taiwan and East-West Center for Space Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA and IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA and Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA and CHEP, Kyungpook National University, 702-701 Daegu, Korea and National Aerospace Laboratory, NLR, NL-8300 AD Emmeloord, Netherlands and CNR-IROE, I-50125 Firenze, Italy and ASDC ESRIN, I-00044 Frascati, Italy and European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland and DPNC, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland and Laboratoire de Physique subatomique et de cosmologie, LPSC, IN2P3/CNRS and Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble INP, F-38026 Grenoble, France and Sun Yat-sen University, SYSU, Guangzhou, 510275, China and University of Hawaii, Physics and Astronomy Department, 2505 Correa Road, WAT 432; Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA and NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center,
- 59 Metsahovi Radio Observatory, Helsinki University of Technology, FIN-02540 Kylmala, Finland.
- 60 I. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH, D-52056 Aachen, Germany and Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
- 61 ASDC ESRIN, I-00044 Frascati, Italy and INFN-Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 62 Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, CIEMAT, E-28040 Madrid, Spain and INFN-Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 63 Laboratoire d'Annecy-Le-Vieux de Physique des Particules, LAPP, IN2P3/CNRS and Université de Savoie, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France and Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, IAC, E-38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
- 64 European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland and Università di Milano, I-20090 Milano, Italy.
- 65 European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland and INFN-Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy and Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
- 66 East-West Center for Space Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
- 67 Shanghai Jiaotong University, SJTU, Shanghai, 200030, China.
- 68 National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NIKHEF, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- 69 INFN-Sezione di Milano, I-20090 Milano, Italy and Università di Milano, I-20090 Milano, Italy.
- 70 Sun Yat-sen University, SYSU, Guangzhou, 510275, China and Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
- 71 Beihang University, BUAA, Beijing, 100191, China and Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
- 72 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and INFN-Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- PMID: 25166975
- DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.141102
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A precision measurement by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station of the positron fraction in primary cosmic rays in the energy range from 0.5 to 350 GeV based on 6.8 × 10(6) positron and electron events is presented. The very accurate data show that the positron fraction is steadily increasing from 10 to ∼ 250 GeV, but, from 20 to 250 GeV, the slope decreases by an order of magnitude. The positron fraction spectrum shows no fine structure, and the positron to electron ratio shows no observable anisotropy. Together, these features show the existence of new physical phenomena.
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