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Antiprotons at Solar Maximum
New measurements with good statistics will make it possible to observe the time variation of cosmic antiprotons at 1 AU through the approaching peak of solar activity. We report a new computation of the interstellar antiproton spectrum expected from collisions between cosmic protons and the interste...
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Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.674 http://cds.cern.ch/record/381287 |
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author | Bieber, John W. Burger, R.A. Engel, Ralph Gaisser, Thomas K. Roesler, Stefan Stanev, Todor |
author_facet | Bieber, John W. Burger, R.A. Engel, Ralph Gaisser, Thomas K. Roesler, Stefan Stanev, Todor |
author_sort | Bieber, John W. |
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description | New measurements with good statistics will make it possible to observe the time variation of cosmic antiprotons at 1 AU through the approaching peak of solar activity. We report a new computation of the interstellar antiproton spectrum expected from collisions between cosmic protons and the interstellar gas. This spectrum is then used as input to a steady-state drift model of solar modulation, in order to provide predictions for the antiproton spectrum as well as the antiproton/proton ratio at 1 AU. Our model predicts a surprisingly large, rapid increase in the antiproton/proton ratio through the next solar maximum, followed by a large excursion in the ratio during the following decade. |
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institution | Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear |
language | eng |
publishDate | 1999 |
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spelling | cern-3812872021-10-08T02:27:59Zdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.674http://cds.cern.ch/record/381287engBieber, John W.Burger, R.A.Engel, RalphGaisser, Thomas K.Roesler, StefanStanev, TodorAntiprotons at Solar MaximumAstrophysics and AstronomyNew measurements with good statistics will make it possible to observe the time variation of cosmic antiprotons at 1 AU through the approaching peak of solar activity. We report a new computation of the interstellar antiproton spectrum expected from collisions between cosmic protons and the interstellar gas. This spectrum is then used as input to a steady-state drift model of solar modulation, in order to provide predictions for the antiproton spectrum as well as the antiproton/proton ratio at 1 AU. Our model predicts a surprisingly large, rapid increase in the antiproton/proton ratio through the next solar maximum, followed by a large excursion in the ratio during the following decade.New measurements with good statistics will make it possible to observe the time variation of cosmic antiprotons at 1 AU through the approaching peak of solar activity. We report a new computation of the interstellar antiproton spectrum expected from collisions between cosmic protons and the interstellar gas. This spectrum is then used as input to a steady-state drift model of solar modulation, in order to provide predictions for the antiproton spectrum as well as the antiproton/proton ratio at 1 AU. Our model predicts a surprisingly large, rapid increase in the antiproton/proton ratio through the next solar maximum, followed by a large excursion in the ratio during the following decade.astro-ph/9903163BA-99-32BA-99-32oai:cds.cern.ch:3812871999-03-11 |
spellingShingle | Astrophysics and Astronomy Bieber, John W. Burger, R.A. Engel, Ralph Gaisser, Thomas K. Roesler, Stefan Stanev, Todor Antiprotons at Solar Maximum |
title | Antiprotons at Solar Maximum |
title_full | Antiprotons at Solar Maximum |
title_fullStr | Antiprotons at Solar Maximum |
title_full_unstemmed | Antiprotons at Solar Maximum |
title_short | Antiprotons at Solar Maximum |
title_sort | antiprotons at solar maximum |
topic | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
url | https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.674 http://cds.cern.ch/record/381287 |
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