The nine lives of cosmic rays in galaxies

IA Grenier, JH Black, AW Strong - Annual Review of Astronomy …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Cosmic-ray astrophysics has advanced rapidly in recent years, and its impact on other
astronomical disciplines has broadened. Many new experiments measuring these particles …

The PAMELA Mission: Heralding a new era in precision cosmic ray physics

O Adriani, GC Barbarino, GA Bazilevskaya, R Bellotti… - Physics Reports, 2014 - Elsevier
On the 15th of June 2006, the PAMELA (Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-
nuclei Astrophysics) satellite-borne experiment was launched onboard the Russian Resurs …

Precision measurement of the helium flux in primary cosmic rays of rigidities 1.9 GV to 3 TV with the alpha magnetic spectrometer on the international space station

M Aguilar, D Aisa, B Alpat, A Alvino, G Ambrosi… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
Knowledge of the precise rigidity dependence of the helium flux is important in
understanding the origin, acceleration, and propagation of cosmic rays. A precise …

Measurement of boron and carbon fluxes in cosmic rays with the PAMELA experiment

O Adriani, GC Barbarino, GA Bazilevskaya… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The propagation of cosmic rays inside our galaxy plays a fundamental role in shaping their
injection spectra into those observed at Earth. One of the best tools to investigate this issue …

A database of charged cosmic rays

D Maurin, F Melot, R Taillet - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2014 - aanda.org
Aims. This paper gives a description of a new online database and associated online tools
(data selection, data export, plots, etc.) for charged cosmic-ray measurements. The …

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 …

Numerical modeling of galactic cosmic-ray proton and helium observed by AMS-02 during the solar maximum of solar cycle 24

C Corti, MS Potgieter, V Bindi… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) are affected by solar modulation while they propagate through
the heliosphere. The study of the time variation of GCR spectra observed at Earth can shed …

Bayesian analysis of spatial-dependent cosmic-ray propagation: Astrophysical background of antiprotons and positrons

J Feng, N Tomassetti, A Oliva - Physical Review D, 2016 - APS
The AMS-02 experiment has reported a new measurement of the antiproton/proton ratio in
Galactic cosmic rays (CRs). In the energy range E∼ 60–450 GeV, this ratio is found to be …

Properties of Cosmic Deuterons Measured by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

M Aguilar, B Alpat, G Ambrosi, H Anderson, L Arruda… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Precision measurements by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the International
Space Station of the deuteron (D) flux are presented. The measurements are based on 21× …

Measurements of cosmic-ray hydrogen and helium isotopes with the PAMELA experiment

O Adriani, GC Barbarino, GA Bazilevskaya… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The cosmic-ray hydrogen and helium (1 H, 2 H, 3 He, 4 He) isotopic composition has been
measured with the satellite-borne experiment PAMELA, which was launched into low-Earth …