29 July 2019 to 2 August 2019
Northeastern University
US/Eastern timezone

Observation of Complex Time Structures in the Cosmic Ray Fluxes by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the ISS

1 Aug 2019, 17:00
20m
West Village G 106 (Northeastern University)

West Village G 106

Northeastern University

Oral Presentation Astroparticles & CMB Astroparticles & CMB

Speaker

Davide Rozza (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))

Description

We present high-statistics, precision measurements by AMS of the detailed time and rigidity dependence of the primary cosmic-ray electron, positron, proton and helium fluxes over 79 Bartels rotations from May 2011 to May 2017 in the energy range from 1 to 50 GeV. For the first time, the charge-sign dependent modulation during solar maximum has been investigated in detail by leptons alone. We report the observation of short-term structures on the timescale of months coincident in all the fluxes. These structures are not visible in the positron-to-electron flux ratio. The precision measurements across the solar polarity reversal show that the ratio exhibits a smooth transition over ~800 days from one value to another.

Primary authors

Maura Graziani (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)) Valerio Vagelli (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT)) Fabian Machate (Rheinisch Westfaelische Tech. Hoch. (DE))

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