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Leptons in near earth orbit

Authors

Alcaraz, J Alpat, B Ambrosi, G Anderhub, H Ao, L Arefiev, A Azzarello, P Babucci, E Baldini, L Basile, M Barancourt, D Barao, F Barbier, G Barreira, C Battiston, R Becker, R Becker, U Bellagamba, L Bene, P Berdugo, J Berges, P Bertucci, B Biland, A Bizzaglia, S Blasko, S Boella, G Boschini, M Bourquin, M Brocco, L Bruni, G Buenerd, M Burger, JD Burger, WJ Cai, XD Camps, C Cannarsa, P Capell, M Casadei, D Casaus, J Castellini, G Cecchi, C Chang, YH Chen, HF Chen, HS Chen, ZG Chernoplekov, NA Chiueh, TH Chuang, YL Cindolo, F Commichau, V Contin, A Crespo, P Cristinziani, M da Cunha, JP Dai, TS Deus, JD Dinu, N Djambazov, L D'Antone, I Dong, ZR Emonet, P Engelberg, J Eppling, FJ Eronen, T Esposito, G Extermann, P Favier, J Fiandrini, E Fisher, PH Fluegge, G Fouque, N Galaktionov, Y Gervasi, M Giusti, P Grandi, D Grimm, O Gu, WQ Hangarter, K Hasan, A Hermel, V Hofer, H Huang, MA Hungerford, W Ionica, M Ionica, R Jongmanns, M Karlamaa, K Karpinski, W Kenney, G Kenny, J Kim, W Klimentov, A Kossakowski, R Koutsenko, V Kraeber, M Laborie, G Laitinen, T Lamanna, G Laurenti, G Lebedev, A Lee, SC Levi, G Levtchenko, P Liu, CL Liu, HT Lopes, I Lu, G Lu, YS Lubelsmeyer, K Luckey, D Lustermann, W Mana, C Margotti, A Mayet, F McNeil, RR Meillon, B Menichelli, M Mihul, A Mourao, A Mujunen, A Palmonari, F Papi, A Park, IH Pauluzzi, M Pauss, F Perrin, E Pesci, A Pevsner, A Pimenta, M Plyaskin, V Pojidaev, V Postolache, V Produit, N Rancoita, PG Rapin, D Raupach, F Ren, D Pen, Z Ribordy, M Richeux, JP Riihonen, E Ritakari, J Roeser, U Roissin, C Sagdeev, P Sartorelli, G von Dratsig, AS Schwering, G Scolieri, G Seo, ES Shoutko, V Shoumilov, E Siedling, R Son, D Song, T Steuer, M Sun, GS Suter, H Tang, XW Ting, SCC Ting, SM Tornikoski, M Torsti, J Trumper, J Ulbricht, J Urpo, S Usoskin, I Valtonen, E Vandenhirtz, J Velcea, F Velikhov, E Verlaat, B Vetlitsky, I Vezzu, F Vialle, JP Viertel, G Vite, D Von Gunten, H Wicki, SW Wallraff, W Wang, BC Wang, JZ Wang, YH Wiik, K Williams, C Wu, SX Xia, PC Yan, JL Yan, LG Yang, CG Yang, M Ye, SW Yeh, P Xu, ZZ Zhang, HY Zhang, ZP Zhao, DX Zhu, GY Zhu, WZ Zhuang, HL Zichichi, A Zimmermann, B

Citation

J. Alcaraz et al., Leptons in near earth orbit, PHYS LETT B, 484(1-2), 2000, pp. 10-22

Citations number

Categorie Soggetti

Physics

Journal title

PHYSICS LETTERS B

ISSN journal

03702693 → ACNP

Volume

484

Issue

1-2

Year of publication

2000

Pages

10 - 22

Database

ISI

SICI code

0370-2693(20000629)484:1-2<10:LINEO>2.0.ZU;2-3

Abstract

The lepton spectra in the kinetic energy ranges 0.2 to 40 GeV for e(-) and 0.2 to 3 GeV for e(+) were measured by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS ) during space shuttle flight STS-91 at altitudes near 380 km. From the ori gin of the leptons two distinct spectra were observed: a higher energy spec trum and a substantial second spectrum with positrons much more abundant th an electrons. Tracing leptons from the second spectra shows that most of th ese leptons travel for an extended period of time in the geomagnetic field and that the e(+) and e(-) originate from two complementary geographic regi ons. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.