Introduction to astroparticle physics
PHYS-439
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Description
Origin of primary and secondary cosmic nuclei.
Origin of primary and secondary cosmic elementary particles.
The cosmic clocks.
The diffusive propagation of cosmic rays.
AMS: a TeV precision magnetic spectrometer in space.
Description and interpretation of some AMS measurements: cosmic electron, positron, antiproton spectra.
Discussion about the source term contribution to the positron flux (pulsar vs. dark matter origin).
The flux of the light primary nuclei.
The Cherenkov effect.
A detector using the Cherenkov effect as detection principle: the RICH of AMS.
Bibliography.