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most citedDirect detection of a break in the teraelectronvolt cosmic-ray spectrum of electrons and positrons

541 citations · 2k across the 37 of their papers we have counts for

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40 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Beam Test Characterization of Silicon Microstrip Detector Flight-Model Ladders for the AMS-02 Upgrade

Dexing Miao, Giovanni Ambrosi, Mattia Barbanera +56

The AMS-02 experiment plans to install a new silicon microstrip tracker layer (Layer-0) on top of the existing detector, increasing the cosmic-ray acceptance by a factor of 3. Laye…

physics.ins-det2026

A Telescope System for Charge and Position Measurement of High Energy Nuclei

Dexing Miao, Zhiyu Xiang, Giovanni Ambrosi +43

A high-granularity telescope system with a large sensitive area and low material budget has been developed for high-energy heavy ion beam tests. The telescope consists of nine laye…

physics.ins-det2026

New method for clustering thresholds determination in Microstrip Silicon Detector

S. Mazzolani, I. Mattei, L. Servoli

The Microstrip Silicon Detector (MSD) is one of the subsystems of the FragmentatiOn Of Target (FOOT) experiment whose goal is to measure double differential nuclear fragmentation c…

astro-ph.IM2025

Design and Performance of the Upgraded Prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope Camera Module

Giovanni Ambrosi, Carla Aramo, Mattia Barbanera +54

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) is a ground-based observatory that will improve upon the sensitivities of the current generation of very-high-energy gamma-ray inst…

physics.ins-det2025

A Silicon Microstrip Detector for Power-Limited and Large Sensitive Area Applications

Dexing Miao, Zijun Xu, Zhiyu Xiang +24

A silicon microstrip detector (SSD) has been developed to have state of the art spatial resolution and a large sensitive area under stringent power constraints. The design incorpor…

nucl-ex2025

Cross Section Measurements of Large Angle Fragments Production in the Interaction of Carbon Ion Beams with Thin Targets

The FOOT Collaboration, Y. Dong, I. Mattei +87

The fragmentation cross sections of carbon ion beams with kinetic energies of impinging on thin targets of graphite (C), polyvinyl-toluene (CH)…

nucl-ex2025

Angular differential and elemental fragmentation cross sections of a beam on a graphite target with the FOOT experiment

FOOT Collaboration, R. Ridolfi, M. Toppi +88

This paper presents the measurements of the angular differential cross sections for the forward production of He, Li, Be, B, C and N nuclei in the fragmentation process of a 400$\t…

physics.ins-det2024★ 1 cited

Measurement of the fractional radiation length of a pixel module for the CMS Phase-2 upgrade via the multiple scattering of positrons

The Tracker Group of the CMS Collaboration

High-luminosity particle collider experiments such as the ones planned at the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider require ever-greater vertexing precision of the tracking detecto…

physics.ins-det2023

Evaluation of Planar Silicon Pixel Sensors with the RD53A Readout Chip for the Phase-2 Upgrade of the CMS Inner Tracker

The Tracker Group of the CMS Collaboration

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN will undergo an upgrade in order to increase its luminosity to cms. The increased luminosity during this…

physics.ins-det2023

A Hydrogenated amorphous silicon detector for Space Weather Applications

Catia Grimani, Michele Fabi, Federico Sabbatini +35

The characteristics of a hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) detector are presented here for monitoring in space solar flares and the evolution of large energetic proton events…

physics.ins-det2022★ 7 cited

Development of thin hydrogenated amorphous silicon detectors on a flexible substrate

M. Menichelli, M. Bizzarri, L. Calcagnile +40

The HASPIDE (Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon PIxels DEtectors) project aims at the development of thin hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) detectors on flexible substrates (most…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 8 cited

Search for relativistic fractionally charged particles in space

DAMPE Collaboration, F. Alemanno, C. Altomare +148

More than a century after the performance of the oil drop experiment, the possible existence of fractionally charged particles FCP still remains unsettled. The search for FCPs is c…

physics.ins-det2022

Test beam performance of a CBC3-based mini-module for the Phase-2 CMS Outer Tracker before and after neutron irradiation

The Tracker Group of the CMS Collaboration

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN will undergo major upgrades to increase the instantaneous luminosity up to 5-7.5 cms. This High Luminosity upgr…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 17 cited

Design and Performance of the Prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope Camera

Colin B. Adams, Giovanni Ambrosi, Michelangelo Ambrosio +86

The prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (pSCT) is a candidate for a medium-sized telescope in the Cherenkov Telescope Array. The pSCT is based on a novel dual mirror optics de…

astro-ph.IM2021

Prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: Commissioning the Optical System

C. B. Adams, G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio +69

A prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (pSCT) has been constructed at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory as a candidate for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Tele…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 22 cited

Observations of Forbush Decreases of cosmic ray electrons and positrons with the Dark Matter Particle Explorer

Francesca Alemanno, Qi An, Philipp Azzarello +146

The Forbush Decrease (FD) represents the rapid decrease of the intensities of charged particles accompanied with the coronal mass ejections (CMEs) or high-speed streams from corona…

astro-ph.IM2021

Detection of the Crab Nebula by the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope

C. B. Adams, G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio +71

The Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) is a medium-sized telescope technology proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. It uses a novel dual-mirror optical design that removes…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 10 cited

Design and performance of the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope camera

C. B. Adams, G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio +71

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next-generation ground-based observatory for very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. An innovative 9.7 m aperture, dual-mirror Schwarzschil…

physics.ins-det2021★ 13 cited

Testing of planar hydrogenated amorphous silicon sensors with charge selective contacts for the construction of 3D- detectors

M. Menichelli, M. Bizzarri, M. Boscardin +29

Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon (a-Si:H) is a material well known for its intrinsic radiation hardness and is primarily utilized in solar cells as well as for particle detection and…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 166 cited

Measurement of the cosmic ray helium energy spectrum from 70 GeV to 80 TeV with the DAMPE space mission

F. Alemanno, Q. An, P. Azzarello +142

The measurement of the energy spectrum of cosmic ray helium nuclei from 70 GeV to 80 TeV using 4.5 years of data recorded by the DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is reported i…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 33 cited

Detection of the Crab Nebula with the 9.7 m Prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope

C. B. Adams, R. Alfaro, G. Ambrosi +105

The Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) is a telescope concept proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. It employs a dual-mirror optical design to remove comatic aberrations ov…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 77 cited

Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array for probing cosmology and fundamental physics with gamma-ray propagation

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, :, H. Abdalla +496

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the new-generation ground-based observatory for -ray astronomy, provides unique capabilities to address significant open questions in astrop…

physics.ins-det2020★ 1 cited

Tracker-In-Calorimeter (TIC): a calorimetric approach to tracking gamma rays in space experiments

O. Adriani, G. Ambrosi, P. Azzarello +33

A multi-messenger, space-based cosmic ray detector for gamma rays and charged particles poses several design challenges due to the different instrumental requirements for the two k…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 280 cited

Measurement of the cosmic-ray proton spectrum from 40 GeV to 100 TeV with the DAMPE satellite

Q. An, R. Asfandiyarov, P. Azzarello +151

The precise measurement of the spectrum of protons, the most abundant component of the cosmic radiation, is necessary to understand the source and acceleration of cosmic rays in th…