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astro-ph.HE2025

Diffuse gamma-ray and neutrino emission from the Milky Way and the local knee in the cosmic ray spectrum

C. Prevotat, Zh. Zhu, S. Koldobskiy +3

The LHAASO observatory has recently measured details of the cosmic-ray (CR) spectrum in the knee region (1 -- 10 PeV) with unprecedented precision, including its average CR mass co…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 8 cited

Energy dependence of the knee in the cosmic ray spectrum across the Milky Way

C. Prevotat, M. Kachelriess, S. Koldobskiy +2

The all-particle spectrum of cosmic rays measured at Earth has a knee-like feature around 4 PeV. A priori, it is not clear if this is a local feature specific to the Solar neighbou…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 23 cited

Helium fluxes measured by the PAMELA experiment from the minimum to the maximum solar activity for solar cycle 24

N. Marcelli, M. Boezio, A. Lenni +53

Time-dependent energy spectra of galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) carry fundamental information regarding their origin and propagation. When observed at the Earth, these spectra are sig…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 60 cited

Energy spectra of secondaries in proton-proton interactions

S. Koldobskiy, M. Kachelrieß, A. Lskavyan +3

We compare the predictions of AAfrag for the spectra of secondary photons, neutrinos, electrons, and positrons produced in proton-proton collisions to those of the parameterisation…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 21 cited

Pion decay model of TIBET-AS PeV gamma-ray signal

Sergey Koldobskiy, Andrii Neronov, Dmitri Semikoz

Tibet-AS collaboration has recently reported a measurement of diffuse -ray flux from the outer Galactic disk in the energy range reaching PeV. We complement this measurement…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 33 cited

Time dependence of the flux of helium nuclei in cosmic rays measured by the PAMELA experiment between July 2006 and December 2009

N. Marcelli, M. Boezio, A. Lenni +53

Precise time-dependent measurements of the Z = 2 component in the cosmic radiation provide crucial information about the propagation of charged particles through the heliosphere. T…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 24 cited

Lithium and Beryllium isotopes with the PAMELA experiment

W. Menn, E. A. Bogomolov, M. Simon +56

The cosmic-ray lithium and beryllium (Li, Li, Be, Be, Be) isotopic composition has been measured with the satellite-borne experiment PAMELA, which wa…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 34 cited

Evidence of energy and charge sign dependence of the recovery time for the December 2006 Forbush event measured by the PAMELA experiment

R. Munini, M. Boezio, A. Bruno +55

New results on the short-term galactic cosmic ray (GCR) intensity variation (Forbush decrease) in December 2006 measured by the PAMELA instrument are presented. Forbush decreases a…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 5 cited

Ten Years of PAMELA in Space

O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +50

The PAMELA cosmic ray detector was launched on June 15th 2006 on board the Russian Resurs-DK1 satellite, and during ten years of nearly continuous data-taking it has observed new i…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 65 cited

Time dependence of the electron and positron components of the cosmic radiation measured by the PAMELA experiment between July 2006 and December 2015

O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +52

Cosmic-ray electrons and positrons are a unique probe of the propagation of cosmic rays as well as of the nature and distribution of particle sources in our Galaxy. Recent measurem…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 74 cited

Measurements of Cosmic-Ray Hydrogen and Helium Isotopes with the PAMELA experiment

O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +56

The cosmic-ray hydrogen and helium (H, H, He, He) isotopic composition has been measured with the satellite-borne experiment PAMELA, which was launched into low-Ear…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 16 cited

Search for anisotropies in cosmic-ray positrons detected by the PAMELA experiment

O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +57

The PAMELA detector was launched on board of the Russian Resurs-DK1 satellite on June 15, 2006. Data collected during the first four years have been used to search for large-scale…

astro-ph.HE2015

Re-Entrant Albedo Proton Fluxes Measured by the PAMELA Experiment

O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +56

We present a precise measurement of downward-going albedo proton fluxes for kinetic energy above 70 MeV performed by the PAMELA experiment at an altitude between 350 and 610…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 177 cited

Measurement of boron and carbon fluxes in cosmic rays with the PAMELA experiment

O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +61

The propagation of cosmic rays inside our galaxy plays a fundamental role in shaping their injection spectra into those observed at Earth. One of the best tools to investigate this…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 308 cited

The cosmic-ray positron energy spectrum measured by PAMELA

PAMELA Collaboration, O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino +63

Precision measurements of the positron component in the cosmic radiation provide important information about the propagation of cosmic rays and the nature of particle sources in ou…

astro-ph.HE2013

Cosmic-Ray Positron Identification with the PAMELA experiment

O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +63

The PAMELA satellite borne experiment is designed to study cosmic rays with great accuracy in a wide energy range. One of PAMELA's main goal is the study of the antimatter componen…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 53 cited

Measurement of the isotopic composition of hydrogen and helium nuclei in cosmic rays with the PAMELA experiment

O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +59

The satellite-borne experiment PAMELA has been used to make new measurements of cosmic ray H and He isotopes. The isotopic composition was measured between 100 and 600 MeV/n for hy…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 285 cited

Time dependence of the proton flux measured by PAMELA during the July 2006 - December 2009 solar minimum

O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +61

The energy spectra of galactic cosmic rays carry fundamental information regarding their origin and propagation. These spectra, when measured near Earth, are significantly affected…