Towards Understanding the Origin of Cosmic-Ray Positrons
Affiliations
- 1 Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
- 2 I. Physics Institute and JARA-FAME, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany.
- 3 INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 4 Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), P-1000 Lisboa, Portugal.
- 5 Jülich Supercomputing Centre and JARA-FAME, Research Centre Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany.
- 6 DPNC, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland.
- 7 Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, F-38000 Grenoble, France.
- 8 European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland.
- 9 INFN Sezione di Roma 1, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
- 10 INFN TIFPA, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy.
- 11 KVI-Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, NL-9700 AB Groningen, the Netherlands.
- 12 Università di Trento, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy.
- 13 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
- 14 Università di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 15 Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.
- 16 Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
- 17 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center (JSC), Jacobs Engineering, and Business Integra, Houston, Texas 77058, USA.
- 18 Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
- 19 INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
- 20 Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 369, 13560-970 São Carlos, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
- 21 Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LAPP-IN2P3, F-74000 Annecy, France.
- 22 CNR-IROE, I-50125 Firenze, Italy.
- 23 INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy.
- 24 Physics Department and Center for High Energy and High Field, National Central University (NCU), Tao Yuan 32054, Taiwan.
- 25 Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
- 26 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing 100049, China.
- 27 Shandong University (SDU), Jinan, Shandong 250100, China.
- 28 INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy.
- 29 Università di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy.
- 30 Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
- 31 Department of Physics, Middle East Technical University (METU), 06800 Ankara, Turkey.
- 32 Southeast University (SEU), Nanjing 210096, China.
- 33 Space Research Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland.
- 34 Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), E-38205 La Laguna, and Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
- 35 Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
- 36 Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México, D. F., 01000 Mexico.
- 37 Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), Guangzhou 510275, China.
- 38 Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
- 39 National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), Longtan, Tao Yuan 32546, Taiwan.
- 40 Academia Sinica Grid Center (ASGC), Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
- 41 IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
- 42 East-West Center for Space Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
- 43 Beihang University (BUAA), Beijing 100191, China.
- 44 National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
- PMID: 30768313
- DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.041102
Towards Understanding the Origin of Cosmic-Ray Positrons
Authors
Affiliations
- 1 Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
- 2 I. Physics Institute and JARA-FAME, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany.
- 3 INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 4 Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), P-1000 Lisboa, Portugal.
- 5 Jülich Supercomputing Centre and JARA-FAME, Research Centre Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany.
- 6 DPNC, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland.
- 7 Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, F-38000 Grenoble, France.
- 8 European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland.
- 9 INFN Sezione di Roma 1, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
- 10 INFN TIFPA, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy.
- 11 KVI-Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, NL-9700 AB Groningen, the Netherlands.
- 12 Università di Trento, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy.
- 13 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
- 14 Università di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
- 15 Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.
- 16 Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
- 17 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center (JSC), Jacobs Engineering, and Business Integra, Houston, Texas 77058, USA.
- 18 Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
- 19 INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
- 20 Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 369, 13560-970 São Carlos, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
- 21 Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LAPP-IN2P3, F-74000 Annecy, France.
- 22 CNR-IROE, I-50125 Firenze, Italy.
- 23 INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy.
- 24 Physics Department and Center for High Energy and High Field, National Central University (NCU), Tao Yuan 32054, Taiwan.
- 25 Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
- 26 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing 100049, China.
- 27 Shandong University (SDU), Jinan, Shandong 250100, China.
- 28 INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy.
- 29 Università di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy.
- 30 Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
- 31 Department of Physics, Middle East Technical University (METU), 06800 Ankara, Turkey.
- 32 Southeast University (SEU), Nanjing 210096, China.
- 33 Space Research Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland.
- 34 Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), E-38205 La Laguna, and Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
- 35 Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
- 36 Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México, D. F., 01000 Mexico.
- 37 Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), Guangzhou 510275, China.
- 38 Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
- 39 National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), Longtan, Tao Yuan 32546, Taiwan.
- 40 Academia Sinica Grid Center (ASGC), Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
- 41 IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
- 42 East-West Center for Space Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
- 43 Beihang University (BUAA), Beijing 100191, China.
- 44 National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
- PMID: 30768313
- DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.041102
Abstract
Precision measurements of cosmic ray positrons are presented up to 1 TeV based on 1.9 million positrons collected by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station. The positron flux exhibits complex energy dependence. Its distinctive properties are (a) a significant excess starting from 25.2±1.8 GeV compared to the lower-energy, power-law trend, (b) a sharp dropoff above 284_{-64}^{+91} GeV, (c) in the entire energy range the positron flux is well described by the sum of a term associated with the positrons produced in the collision of cosmic rays, which dominates at low energies, and a new source term of positrons, which dominates at high energies, and (d) a finite energy cutoff of the source term of E_{s}=810_{-180}^{+310} GeV is established with a significance of more than 4σ. These experimental data on cosmic ray positrons show that, at high energies, they predominantly originate either from dark matter annihilation or from other astrophysical sources.
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