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Aug, 2017

The results from BESS-Polar experiment

ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH
  • K. Abe
  • H. Fuke
  • S. Haino
  • T. Hams
  • M. Hasegawa
  • K. C. Kim
  • M. H. Lee
  • Y. Makida
  • J. W. Mitchell
  • J. Nishimura
  • M. Nozaki
  • R. Orito
  • J. F. Ormes
  • N. Picot-Clemente
  • K. Sakai
  • M. Sasaki
  • E. S. Seo
  • R. E. Streitmatter
  • J. Suzuki
  • K. Tanaka
  • N. Thakur
  • A. Yamamoto
  • T. Yoshida
  • K. Yoshimura
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Volume
60
Number
4
First page
806
Last page
814
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1016/j.asr.2016.11.004
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD

The balloon-borne experiment with a superconducting spectrometer (BESS) instrument was developed as a high-resolution, high-geometric-acceptance magnetic-rigidity spectrometer for sensitive measurements of cosmic-ray antiparticles, searches for antinuclei, and precise measurements of the absolute fluxes of light GCR elements and isotopes. The original BESS experiment flew 8 times over Lynn Lake, Canada and once from Fort Sumner, USA during the period of 1993 through 2002, with continuous improvement in the instrument. Based on the instrument concept inherited from the BESS spectrometer, a very low instrumental energy cutoff for antiprotons was achieved with a new thin-walled superconducting magnet and removal of the outer pressure vessel for BESS-Polar project. The first and second scientific flights called BESS-Polar I/II were successfully performed, over Antarctica in 2004 December and 2007 December respectively. We report the scientific results, focusing on the long-duration flights of BESS-Polar I (2004) and BESS-Polar II (2007-2008). (C) 2017 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2016.11.004
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000405975700007&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1016/j.asr.2016.11.004
  • ISSN : 0273-1177
  • eISSN : 1879-1948
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000405975700007

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