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Anisotropy of Elementary Particle Fluxes in Primary Cosmic Rays Measured with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station

A measurement of the dipole anisotropy in the arrival directions of galactic cosmic positrons, electrons and protons has been performed with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) onboard the International Space Station (ISS) using the first 6 years of data. Thanks to its wide field of view and to th...

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Autores principales: Casaus, Jorge, Maña, Carlos, Molero, Miguel, Velasco, Miguel Angel, Gebauer, Iris, Graziani, Maura, Zeissler, Stefan, La Vacca, Giuseppe, Gervasi, Massimo, Rancoita, Pier Giorgio
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Publicado: SISSA 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.22323/1.340.0370
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2826892
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author Casaus, Jorge
Maña, Carlos
Molero, Miguel
Velasco, Miguel Angel
Gebauer, Iris
Graziani, Maura
Zeissler, Stefan
La Vacca, Giuseppe
Gervasi, Massimo
Rancoita, Pier Giorgio
author_facet Casaus, Jorge
Maña, Carlos
Molero, Miguel
Velasco, Miguel Angel
Gebauer, Iris
Graziani, Maura
Zeissler, Stefan
La Vacca, Giuseppe
Gervasi, Massimo
Rancoita, Pier Giorgio
author_sort Casaus, Jorge
collection CERN
description A measurement of the dipole anisotropy in the arrival directions of galactic cosmic positrons, electrons and protons has been performed with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) onboard the International Space Station (ISS) using the first 6 years of data. Thanks to its wide field of view and to the inclination of the ISS orbit, AMS provides nearly full sky coverage in galactic coordinates, which allows to determine the three independent dipole components for each cosmic ray species. The results are consistent with isotropy for all three particle species and upper limits on the dipole amplitude have been derived. A 95% C.I. upper limit of $\delta<0.020$ and $\delta<0.005$ has been obtained for positrons and electrons, respectively, in the energy range 16 to 350 GeV, and $\delta<0.008$ for protons for rigidities above 300 GV.
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spelling cern-28268922022-09-13T20:18:44Zdoi:10.22323/1.340.0370http://cds.cern.ch/record/2826892engCasaus, JorgeMaña, CarlosMolero, MiguelVelasco, Miguel AngelGebauer, IrisGraziani, MauraZeissler, StefanLa Vacca, GiuseppeGervasi, MassimoRancoita, Pier GiorgioAnisotropy of Elementary Particle Fluxes in Primary Cosmic Rays Measured with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space StationAstrophysics and AstronomyA measurement of the dipole anisotropy in the arrival directions of galactic cosmic positrons, electrons and protons has been performed with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) onboard the International Space Station (ISS) using the first 6 years of data. Thanks to its wide field of view and to the inclination of the ISS orbit, AMS provides nearly full sky coverage in galactic coordinates, which allows to determine the three independent dipole components for each cosmic ray species. The results are consistent with isotropy for all three particle species and upper limits on the dipole amplitude have been derived. A 95% C.I. upper limit of $\delta<0.020$ and $\delta<0.005$ has been obtained for positrons and electrons, respectively, in the energy range 16 to 350 GeV, and $\delta<0.008$ for protons for rigidities above 300 GV.SISSAoai:cds.cern.ch:28268922018
spellingShingle Astrophysics and Astronomy
Casaus, Jorge
Maña, Carlos
Molero, Miguel
Velasco, Miguel Angel
Gebauer, Iris
Graziani, Maura
Zeissler, Stefan
La Vacca, Giuseppe
Gervasi, Massimo
Rancoita, Pier Giorgio
Anisotropy of Elementary Particle Fluxes in Primary Cosmic Rays Measured with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station
title Anisotropy of Elementary Particle Fluxes in Primary Cosmic Rays Measured with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station
title_full Anisotropy of Elementary Particle Fluxes in Primary Cosmic Rays Measured with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station
title_fullStr Anisotropy of Elementary Particle Fluxes in Primary Cosmic Rays Measured with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station
title_full_unstemmed Anisotropy of Elementary Particle Fluxes in Primary Cosmic Rays Measured with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station
title_short Anisotropy of Elementary Particle Fluxes in Primary Cosmic Rays Measured with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station
title_sort anisotropy of elementary particle fluxes in primary cosmic rays measured with the alpha magnetic spectrometer on the international space station
topic Astrophysics and Astronomy
url https://dx.doi.org/10.22323/1.340.0370
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2826892
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