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Leptons in near earth orbit

J. Alcaraz, +202 more
- 29 Jun 2000 - 
- Vol. 484, pp 10-22
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The lepton kinetic energy ranges from 0.2 to 40 GeV for e − and from 3 GeV to 6 GeVs for e + were measured by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) during space shuttle flight STS-91 at altitudes near 380 km.
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This article is published in Physics Letters B.The article was published on 2000-06-29. It has received 248 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Lepton & Cosmic ray.

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An excess of cosmic ray electrons at energies of 300-800 GeV

TL;DR: An excess of galactic cosmic-ray electrons at energies of ∼300–800 GeV is reported, which indicates a nearby source of energetic electrons, or the electrons could arise from the annihilation of dark matter particles.
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Precision Measurement of the Proton Flux in Primary Cosmic Rays from Rigidity 1 GV to 1.8 TV with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station

M. Aguilar, +294 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a precise measurement of the proton flux in primary cosmic rays with rigidity (momentum/charge) from 1.GV to 1.8TV is presented based on 300 million events.
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Diffuse Galactic continuum gamma rays. A model compatible with EGRET data and cosmic-ray measurements

TL;DR: In this article, the compatibility of current models of the diffuse Galactic continuum gamma-rays with EGRET data is studied. But the results are limited to a set of regions sampling the whole sky.
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Antiproton Flux, Antiproton-to-Proton Flux Ratio, and Properties of Elementary Particle Fluxes in Primary Cosmic Rays Measured with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station

M. Aguilar, +268 more
TL;DR: In the absolute rigidity range ∼60 to ∼500 GV, the antiproton p[over ¯], proton p, and positron e^{+} fluxes are found to have nearly identical rigidity dependence and the electron e^{-} flux exhibits a different rigidity dependent.
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Physics of the upper polar atmosphere

Asgeir Brekke
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a model of the Earth's magnetic field and magnetosphere and show that the magnetic field can be represented as a permutation of the permutation.
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A revised corrected geomagnetic coordinate system for Epochs 1985 and 1990.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new set of corrected geomagnetic coordinates (CGM) has been calculated from the magnetic field model DGRF for Epoch 1985 and the IGRF model for epoch 1990, which is based on the vertical projection on the Earth's surface of the B -minimum value point (apex) on each geOMagnetic field line.
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Search for antihelium in cosmic rays

J. Alcaraz, +215 more
- 02 Sep 1999 - 
TL;DR: The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) was flown on the space shuttle Discovery during flight STS-91 in a 51.7 degree orbit at altitudes between 320 and 390 km as mentioned in this paper.
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The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS)on the International Space Station : Part I - results from the test flight on the space shuttle

M. Aguilar, +226 more
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