Introduction to astroparticle physics
PHYS-439
Slides presented during the lecture
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Description
Primary and secondary nuclei: description of the spectra and debate about the origin of the spectral hardening at about 200 GV.
Secondary-to-primary flux ratio and secondary-to-secondary flux ratio.
The solar wind and the solar in-time modulation of the cosmic ray spectra. The time modulation of the proton flux for different ranges of rigidity.
Perspectives for AMS measurements.
DAMPE: a calorimetric experiment in space.
Description and interpretation of some DAMPE results: cosmic (electron + positron), proton and helium spectra, Boron-to-Carbon and Boron-to-Oxygen flux ratios.
Perspectives for DAMPE measurements.
The relative error of the rigidity measurement, the maximum detectable rigidity of a magnetic spectrometer.
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