Antiproton Flux, Antiproton-to-Proton Flux Ratio, and Properties of Elementary Particle Fluxes in Primary Cosmic Rays Measured with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station
2016
A precision measurement by AMS of the antiproton flux and the antiproton-to-proton flux ratio in
primary cosmic rays in the absolute rigidity range from 1 to 450 GV is presented based on 3.49 × 105
antiproton events and 2.42 × 109 proton events. The fluxes and flux ratios of charged elementary particles
in cosmic rays are also presented. In the absolute rigidity range ∼60 to ∼500 GV, the antiproton ¯p, proton
p, and positron eþ fluxes are found to have nearly identical rigidity dependence and the electron e− flux
exhibits a different rigidity dependence. Below 60 GV, the ( ¯ p=p), ( ¯ p=eþ), and (p=eþ) flux ratios each
reaches a maximum. From ∼60 to ∼500 GV, the ( ¯ p=p), ( ¯ p=eþ), and (p=eþ) flux ratios show no rigidity
dependence. These are new observations of the properties of elementary particles in the cosmos.
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