Anisotropy studies in the cosmic ray proton flux with the PAMELA experiment

U. Giaccari, O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya, R. Bellotti, A. Bianco, M. Boezio, E. A. Bogomolov, L. Bonechi, M. Bongi, V. Bonvicini, S. Borisov, S. Bottai, A. Bruno, F. Cafagna, D. Campana, R. Carbone, P. Carlson, M. Casolino, G. CastelliniM. P. De Pascale, C. De Santis, N. De Simone, V. Di Felice, V. Formato, A. M. Galper, L. Grishantseva, G. Jerse, A. V. Karelin, M. D. Kheymits, S. V. Koldashov, S. Y. Krutkov, A. N. Kvashnin, A. Leonov, V. Malakhov, V. Malvezzi, L. Marcelli, M. Martucci, A. G. Mayorov, W. Menn, V. V. Mikhailov, E. Mocchiutti, A. Monaco, N. Mori, R. Munini, N. Nikonov, G. Osteria, F. Palma, P. Papini, M. Pearce, P. Picozza, C. Pizzolotto, M. Ricci, S. B. Ricciarini, L. Rossetto, R. Sarkar, M. Simon, R. Sparvoli, P. Spillantini, Y. I. Stozhkov, A. Vacchi, E. Vannuccini, G. Vasilyev, S. A. Voronov, J. Wu, Y. T. Yurkin, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, V. G. Zverev

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Abstract

Using data taken by the Pamela experiment during 5 years of operation we studied the anisotropy in the arrival direction distribution of cosmic ray protons with rigidity above 40 GV. In this survey we used two different and independent techniques to investigate the large and medium anisotropy patterns in the proton spectrum. With both methods the observed distribution of arrival directions is consistent with the isotropic expectation and no significant evidence of strong anisotropies has been observed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)123-128
Number of pages6
JournalNuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
Volume239-240
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event9th Workshop on Science with the New Generation of High Energy Gamma-Ray Experiments: From High Energy Gamma Sources to Cosmic Rays, One Century After Their Discovery, SciNeGHE 2012 - Lecce, Italy
Duration: 20 Jun 201222 Jun 2012

Keywords

  • Cosmic rays
  • Pamela experiment

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