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Cosmic-ray positron fraction measurement from 1 to 30 GeV with AMS-01

  • M. Aguilar
  • , J. Alcaraz
  • , J. Allaby
  • , B. Alpat
  • , G. Ambrosi
  • , H. Anderhub
  • , L. Ao
  • , A. Arefiev
  • , P. Azzarello
  • , L. Baldini
  • , M. Basile
  • , D. Barancourt
  • , F. Barao
  • , G. Barbier
  • , G. Barreira
  • , R. Battiston
  • , R. Becker
  • , U. Becker
  • , L. Bellagamba
  • , P. Béné
  • J. Berdugo, P. Berges, B. Bertucci, A. Biland, S. Blasko, G. Boella, M. Boschini, M. Bourquin, L. Brocco, G. Bruni, M. Buénerd, J. D. Burger, W. J. Burger, X. D. Cai, C. Camps, P. Cannarsa, M. Capell, F. Cardano, D. Casadei, J. Casaus, G. Castellini, Y. H. Chang, H. F. Chen, H. S. Chen, Z. G. Chen, N. A. Chernoplekov, T. H. Chiueh, K. Cho, M. J. Choi, Y. Y. Choi, F. Cindolo, V. Commichau, A. Contin, E. Cortina-Gil, M. Cristinziani, T. S. Dai, C. Delgado, S. Difalco, L. Djambazov, I. D'Antone, Z. R. Dong, P. Emonet, J. Engelberg, F. J. Eppling, T. Eronen, G. Esposito, P. Extermann, J. Favier, E. Fiandrini, P. H. Fisher, G. Flügge, N. Fouque, Yu Galaktionov, H. Gast, M. Gervasi, P. Giusti, D. Grandi, O. Grimm, W. Q. Gu, K. Hangarter, A. Hasan, V. Hermel, H. Hofer, W. Hungerford, M. Jongmanns, K. Karlamaa, W. Karpinski, G. Kenney, D. H. Kim, G. N. Kim, K. S. Kim, M. Y. Kim, A. Klimentov, R. Kossakowski, A. Kounine, V. Koutsenko, M. Kraeber, G. Laborie, T. Laitinen, G. Lamanna, E. Lanciotti, G. Laurenti, A. Lebedev, C. Lechanoine-Leluc, M. W. Lee, S. C. Lee, G. Levi, C. L. Liu, H. T. Liu, G. Lu, Y. S. Lu, K. Lübelsmeyer, D. Luckey, W. Lustermann, C. Maña, A. Margotti, F. Mayet, R. R. McNeil, B. Meillon, M. Menichelli, A. Mihul, A. Mujunen, A. Oliva, J. Olzem, F. Palmonari, H. B. Park, W. H. Park, M. Pauluzzi, F. Pauss, E. Perrin, A. Pesci, A. Pevsner, F. Pilo, M. Pimenta, V. Plyaskin, V. Pojidaev, M. Pohl, N. Produit, P. G. Rancoita, D. Rapin, F. Raupach, D. Ren, Z. Ren, M. Ribordy, J. P. Richeux, E. Riihonen, J. Ritakari, S. Ro, U. Roeser, C. Rossin, R. Sagdeev, D. Santos, G. Sartorelli, C. Sbarra, S. Schael, A. Schultz von Dratzig, G. Schwering, E. S. Seo, J. W. Shin, E. Shoumilov, V. Shoutko, T. Siedenburg, R. Siedling, D. Son, T. Song, F. Spinella, M. Steuer, G. S. Sun, H. Suter, X. W. Tang, Samuel C.C. Ting, S. M. Ting, M. Tornikoski, J. Torsti, J. Trümper, J. Ulbricht, S. Urpo, E. Valtonen, J. Vandenhirtz, E. Velikhov, B. Verlaat, I. Vetlitsky, F. Vezzu, J. P. Vialle, G. Viertel, D. Vité, H. Von Gunten, S. Waldmeier Wicki, W. Wallraff, B. C. Wang, J. Z. Wang, K. Wiik, C. Williams, S. X. Wu, P. C. Xia, S. Xu, J. L. Yan, L. G. Yan, C. G. Yang, J. Yang, M. Yang, S. W. Ye, Z. Z. Xu, H. Y. Zhang, Z. P. Zhang, D. X. Zhao, Y. Zhou, G. Y. Zhu, W. Z. Zhu, H. L. Zhuang, A. Zichichi, B. Zimmermann, P. Zuccon
  • CIEMAT
  • CERN
  • University of Perugia
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
  • CALT
  • Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
  • University of Bologna
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • CNRS/IN2P3
  • University of Lisbon
  • Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas
  • University of Geneva
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • RWTH Aachen University
  • National Research Council of Italy
  • National Central University
  • University of Science and Technology of China
  • CAS - Institute of High Energy Physics
  • Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute
  • Kyungpook National University
  • Ewha Womans University
  • University of Pisa
  • CAS - Institute of Electrical Engineering
  • Aalto University
  • University of Turku
  • Université Savoie Mont Blanc
  • Academia Sinica - Institute of Physics
  • Chung-shan Institute of Science and Technology Taiwan
  • Louisiana State University
  • National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • University of Maryland, College Park
  • Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

A measurement of the cosmic ray positron fraction e+ / (e+ + e-) in the energy range of 1-30 GeV is presented. The measurement is based on data taken by the AMS-01 experiment during its 10 day Space Shuttle flight in June 1998. A proton background suppression on the order of 106 is reached by identifying converted bremsstrahlung photons emitted from positrons.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)145-154
Number of pages10
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume646
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Mar 2007

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