The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the international space station: Part II—Results from the first seven years

M Aguilar, LA Cavasonza, G Ambrosi, L Arruda, N Attig… - Physics reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a precision particle physics detector on
the International Space Station (ISS) conducting a unique, long-duration mission of …

[HTML][HTML] Gamma-ray haloes around pulsars as the key to understanding cosmic-ray transport in the Galaxy

R López-Coto, E de Oña Wilhelmi, F Aharonian… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Pulsars are factories of relativistic electrons and positrons that propagate away from the
pulsar, eventually permeating our Galaxy. The acceleration and propagation of these cosmic …

Towards understanding the origin of cosmic-ray positrons

M Aguilar, L Ali Cavasonza, G Ambrosi, L Arruda… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
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 …

Extended Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission Surrounding PSR Observed by LHAASO-KM2A

F Aharonian, Q An, Axikegu, LX Bai, YX Bai, YW Bao… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We report the discovery of an extended very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray source around
the location of the middle-aged (207.8 kyr) pulsar PSR J 0622+ 3749 with the Large High …

GeV-scale thermal WIMPs: Not even slightly ruled out

RK Leane, TR Slatyer, JF Beacom, KCY Ng - Physical Review D, 2018 - APS
Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) have long reigned as one of the leading
classes of dark matter candidates. The observed dark matter abundance can be naturally …

The galprop cosmic-ray propagation and nonthermal emissions framework: Release v57

TA Porter, G Johannesson… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The past decade has brought impressive advances in the astrophysics of cosmic rays (CRs)
and multiwavelength astronomy, thanks to the new instrumentation launched into space and …

Towards understanding the origin of cosmic-ray electrons

M Aguilar, L Ali Cavasonza, B Alpat, G Ambrosi… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
Precision results on cosmic-ray electrons are presented in the energy range from 0.5 GeV to
1.4 TeV based on 28.1× 10 6 electrons collected by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the …

Detection of a -ray halo around Geminga with the Fermi-LAT data and implications for the positron flux

M Di Mauro, S Manconi, F Donato - Physical Review D, 2019 - APS
The HAWC Collaboration has discovered a γ-ray emission extended about 2 degrees
around the Geminga and Monogem pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) at γ-ray energies E γ> 5 …

Galactic halo size in the light of recent AMS-02 data

N Weinrich, M Boudaud, L Derome, Y Génolini… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. The vertical diffusive halo size of the Galaxy, L, is a key parameter for dark matter
indirect searches. It can be better determined thanks to recent AMS-02 data. Aims. We set …

TeV halos are everywhere: Prospects for new discoveries

T Sudoh, T Linden, JF Beacom - Physical Review D, 2019 - APS
Milagro and the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory have detected
extended TeV gamma-ray emission around nearby pulsar wind nebulae. Building on these …