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20102026
most citedOrigin of the Cosmic Ray Spectral Hardening

196 citations · 987 across the 49 of their papers we have counts for

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51 papers

physics.space-ph2026

A new model for long-term forecasting of Galactic cosmic rays

David Pelosi, Fernando Barão, Bruna Bertucci +3

The modulation of galactic cosmic rays, driven by the evolution of the heliospheric magnetic field, strongly influences the intensity of cosmic rays reaching near-Earth space. Char…

astro-ph.HE2025

Understanding variations of galactic energetic particles in the heliosphere: modelling and radiation hazard assessment

Miguel Orcinha, Fernando Barão, Bruna Bertucci +3

The intensity and energy spectrum of energetic charged radiation in the heliosphere are significantly influenced by solar activity. This phenomenon is known as solar modulation of…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 3 cited

A forecasting framework for galactic cosmic ray flux in space weather applications

David Pelosi, Fernando Barão, Bruna Bertucci +5

The intensity and energy spectrum of galactic cosmic rays in the heliosphere are significantly influenced by the 11-year solar cycle, a phenomenon known as solar modulation. Unders…

physics.space-ph2025

Cross-correlation analysis for cosmic ray flux forecasting

David Pelosi, Fernando Barão, Bruna Bertucci +4

The study presents an effective approach for deriving and utilizing polarity-based cross-correlation functions to forecast Galactic Cosmic Ray (GCR) fluxes based on solar activity…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 4 cited

Propagation Times and Energy Losses of Cosmic Protons and Antiprotons in Interplanetary Space

Nicola Tomassetti, Bruna Bertucci, Emanuele Fiandrini +1

In this paper, we investigate the heliospheric modulation of cosmic rays in interplanetary space, focusing on their propagation times and energy losses over the solar cycle. To per…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 5 cited

Data driven analysis of cosmic rays in the heliosphere: diffusion of cosmic protons

N. Tomassetti, E. Fiandrini, B. Bertucci +4

Understanding the time-dependent relationship between the Sun's variability and cosmic rays (GCR) is essential for developing predictive models of energetic radiation in space. Whe…

astro-ph.HE2023

Direct Measurements of Galactic Cosmic Rays

Nicola Tomassetti

This paper reviews recent progress in the field of direct measurements of Galactic cosmic rays. High-statistic measurements of cosmic ray energy spectra, chemical and isotopic comp…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 19 cited

Temporal evolution and rigidity dependence of the solar modulation lag of Galactic cosmic rays

Nicola Tomassetti, Bruna Bertucci, Emanuele Fiandrini

When traveling in the heliosphere, Galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) are subjected to the solar modulation effect, a quasiperiodical change of their intensity caused by the 11-year cycle…

astro-ph.SR2022

New insights from cross-correlation studies between Solar activity and Cosmic-ray fluxes

Nicola Tomassetti, Bruna Bertucci, Emanuele Fiandrini

The observed variability of the cosmic-ray intensity in the interplanetary space is driven by the evolution of the Sun's magnetic activity over its 11-year quasiperiodical cycle. I…

astro-ph.HE2022

Data driven analysis of Galactic cosmic rays in the heliosphere: diffusion of cosmic protons and nuclei

Nicola Tomassetti, Bruna Bertucci, Federico Donnini +4

Galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) inside the heliosphere are affected by magnetic turbulence and Solar wind disturbances which result in the so-called solar modulation effect. To investi…

physics.space-ph2022

A web application for monitoring cosmic rays and solar activity

David Pelosi, Nicola Tomassetti, Matteo Duranti

The flux of cosmic rays in the heliosphere is subjected to variations that are related to the Sun's magnetic activity. To study this effect, updated time series of multichannel obs…

physics.space-ph2021

Development of a web application for monitoring solar activity and cosmic radiation

David Pelosi, Nicola Tomassetti, Matteo Duranti

The flux of cosmic rays (CRs) in the heliosphere is subjected to remarkable time variations caused by the 11-year cycle of solar activity. To help the study of this effect, we have…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 45 cited

Numerical modeling of cosmic rays in the heliosphere: Analysis of proton data from AMS-02 and PAMELA

Emanuele Fiandrini, Nicola Tomassetti, Bruna Bertucci +4

Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) inside the heliosphere are affected by solar modulation. To investigate this phenomenon and its underlying physical mechanisms, we have performed a data-…

astro-ph.HE2019

New results in solar modulation modeling in light of recent cosmic-ray data from space

Bruna Bertucci, Emanuele Fiandrini, Behrouz Khiali +1

Thanks to space-borne experiments such as the AMS-02 and PAMELA missions in low-Earth orbit, along with the Voyager spacecrafts in the interstellar space, a large collection of mul…

astro-ph.HE2019

Time lag in cosmic-ray modulation and global properties of the Solar Cycle

Bruna Bertucci, Emanuele Fiandrini, Behrouz Khiali +1

When entering the heliosphere, Galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) are influenced by magnetic turbulence and Solar wind disturbances, which cause the so-called "solar modulation" effect. U…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 23 cited

Numerical modeling of cosmic-ray transport in the heliosphere and interpretation of the proton-to-helium ratio in Solar Cycle 24

Nicola Tomassetti, Fernando Barão, Bruna Bertucci +2

Thanks to space-borne experiments of cosmic-ray (CR) detection, such as the AMS and PAMELA missions in low-Earth orbit, or the Voyager-1 spacecraft in the interstellar space, a lar…

physics.space-ph2019★ 28 cited

Penetrating particle ANalyzer (PAN)

X. Wu, G. Ambrosi, P. Azzarello +18

PAN is a scientific instrument suitable for deep space and interplanetary missions. It can precisely measure and monitor the flux, composition, and direction of highly penetrating…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 47 cited

Testing diffusion of cosmic rays in the heliosphere with proton and helium data from AMS

Nicola Tomassetti, Fernando Barão, Bruna Bertucci +4

After six years of continuous observations in space, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment has released new data on the temporal evolution of the proton and helium fluxes in c…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 5 cited

Observation of a time lag in solar modulation of cosmic rays in the heliosphere

Miguel Orcinha, Nicola Tomassetti, Fernando Barão +1

The solar modulation effect of Galactic cosmic rays is a time-dependent phenomenon that is caused by the transport of these particles through the magnetized plasma of the heliosphe…

astro-ph.HE2017

Solar Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays: Physics Challenges for AMS-02

Nicola Tomassetti

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a new generation high-energy physics experiment installed on the International Space Station in May 2011 and operating continuously since t…

astro-ph.HE2017

Production of cosmic-ray antinuclei in the Galaxy and background for dark matter searches

Nicola Tomassetti, Alberto Oliva

Antimatter nuclei in cosmic rays (CR) represent a promising discovery channel for the indirect search of dark matter. We present astrophysical background calculations of CR antideu…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 2 cited

Fresh Insights on Cosmic-ray Propagation from the New AMS Data

Nicola Tomassetti, Jie Feng, Alberto Oliva

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment has released new measurements of primary and secondary nuclei in cosmic rays at the TeV energy scale. Using these data, we present…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 1 cited

Secondary antinuclei from supernova remnants and background for dark matter searches

Nicola Tomassetti, Alberto Oliva

We compute the spectra of cosmic-ray (CR) nuclei and antinuclei under a scenario where hadronic interaction processes inside supernova remnants (SNRs) can produce a diffusively-sho…

astro-ph.HE2017

Production of antimatter nuclei in Galactic cosmic rays

Alberto Oliva, Nicola Tomassetti, Jie Feng

Antimatter nuclei in cosmic rays (CRs) are a promising tool for the indirect detection of dark-matter annihilation signatures. However, the search of new-physics signals in CRs rel…