Direct detection of cosmic rays: through a new era of precision measurements of particle fluxes
arXiv:1407.1143 · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2014.10.019
Abstract
In the last years the direct measurement of cosmic rays received a push forward by the possibility of conducting experiments on board long duration balloon flights, satellites and on the International Space Station. The increase in the collected statistics and the technical improvements in the construction of the detectors permit the fluxes measurement to be performed at higher energies with a reduced discrepancy among different experiments respect to the past. However, high statistical precision is not always associated to the needed precision in the estimation of systematics; features in the particle spectra can be erroneously introduced or hidden. A review and a comparison of the latest experimental results on direct cosmic rays measurements will be presented with particular emphasis on their similarities and discrepancies.
arXiv comment12 pages, 18 figures, "Cosmic Ray Origin - beyond the standard models" conference proceedings (San Vito di Cadore - Dolomites, Italy, 16-22 March 2014)
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