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 …

Solar modulation of cosmic rays

MS Potgieter - Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 2013 - Springer
This is an overview of the solar modulation of cosmic rays in the heliosphere. It is a broad
topic with numerous intriguing aspects so that a research framework has to be chosen to …

Precision measurement of the proton flux in primary cosmic rays from rigidity 1 GV to 1.8 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
A precise measurement of the proton flux in primary cosmic rays with rigidity
(momentum/charge) from 1 GV to 1.8 TV is presented based on 300 million events …

Cosmic-ray positron energy spectrum measured by PAMELA

O Adriani, GC Barbarino, GA Bazilevskaya, R Bellotti… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
Precision measurements of the positron component in the cosmic radiation provide
important information about the propagation of cosmic rays and the nature of particle …

Possible dark matter annihilation signal in the AMS-02 antiproton data

MY Cui, Q Yuan, YLS Tsai, YZ Fan - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
Using the latest AMS-02 cosmic-ray antiproton flux data, we search for a potential dark
matter annihilation signal. The background parameters about the propagation, source …

Energetic particle influence on the Earth's atmosphere

IA Mironova, KL Aplin, F Arnold, GA Bazilevskaya… - Space science …, 2015 - Springer
This manuscript gives an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the effects of energetic
particle precipitation (EPP) onto the whole atmosphere, from the lower thermosphere …

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 …

A precision search for WIMPs with charged cosmic rays

A Reinert, MW Winkler - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
AMS-02 has reached the sensitivity to probe canonical thermal WIMPs by their annihilation
into antiprotons. Due to the high precision of the data, uncertainties in the astrophysical …

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 …

Heliospheric modulation of cosmic rays during the neutron monitor era: Calibration using PAMELA data for 2006–2010

IG Usoskin, A Gil, GA Kovaltsov… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A new reconstruction of the heliospheric modulation potential for galactic cosmic rays is
presented for the neutron monitor era, since 1951. The new reconstruction is based on an …