Search for primordial antiparticles with BESS

A. Yamamoto; K. Abe; H. Fuke; S. Haino; T. Hams; M. Hasegawa; A. Horikoshi; K. C. Kim; A. Kusumoto; M. H. Lee; Y. Makida; S. Matsuda; Y. Matsukawa; J. W. Mitchell; A. Moiseev; J. Nishimura; M. Nozaki; R. Orito; S. Orito; J. F. Ormes; K. Sakai; T. Sanuki; M. Sasaki; E. S. Seo; Y. Shikaze; R. Shinoda; R. E. Streitmatter; J. Suzuki; K. Tanaka; N. Thakur; T. Yamagami; T. Yoshida; K. Yoshimura

doi:10.1016/j.asr.2007.04.069

Search for primordial antiparticles with BESS

A. Yamamoto, K. Abe, H. Fuke, S. Haino, T. Hams, M. Hasegawa, A. Horikoshi, K. C. Kim, A. Kusumoto, M. H. Lee, Y. Makida, S. Matsuda, Y. Matsukawa, J. W. Mitchell, A. Moiseev, J. Nishimura, M. Nozaki, R. Orito, S. Orito, J. F. OrmesK. Sakai, T. Sanuki, M. Sasaki, E. S. Seo, Y. Shikaze, R. Shinoda, R. E. Streitmatter, J. Suzuki, K. Tanaka, N. Thakur, T. Yamagami, T. Yoshida, K. Yoshimura

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Abstract

The Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer (BESS) has been carried out to search for primordial antiparticles in cosmic rays. In ten flights from 1993 to 2004, it measured the cosmic-ray antiproton spectrum in the energy range 0.1-4.2 GeV at various solar activity conditions. It also searched for antideuterons and antihelium nuclei, and it made precise measurement of cosmic-ray particle spectra. The BESS program has been extended to long duration balloon (LDB) flights in Antarctica (BESS-Polar) with the goal of achieving unprecedented sensitivity in the search for primordial antiparticles. This report describes recent results from BESS and progress of the BESS-Polar program.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	442-449
Number of pages	8
Journal	Advances in Space Research
Volume	42
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2007.04.069
Publication status	Published - 2008 Aug 5
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Antiparticle
Antiproton
BESS
Cosmic-ray
Long duration balloon flight
Primordial black hole
Superconducting spectrometer

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Aerospace Engineering
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Geophysics
Atmospheric Science
Space and Planetary Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)

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Yamamoto, A., Abe, K., Fuke, H., Haino, S., Hams, T., Hasegawa, M., Horikoshi, A., Kim, K. C., Kusumoto, A., Lee, M. H., Makida, Y., Matsuda, S., Matsukawa, Y., Mitchell, J. W., Moiseev, A., Nishimura, J., Nozaki, M., Orito, R., Orito, S., ... Yoshimura, K. (2008). Search for primordial antiparticles with BESS. Advances in Space Research, 42(3), 442-449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2007.04.069

Yamamoto, A, Abe, K, Fuke, H, Haino, S, Hams, T, Hasegawa, M, Horikoshi, A, Kim, KC, Kusumoto, A, Lee, MH, Makida, Y, Matsuda, S, Matsukawa, Y, Mitchell, JW, Moiseev, A, Nishimura, J, Nozaki, M, Orito, R, Orito, S, Ormes, JF, Sakai, K, Sanuki, T, Sasaki, M, Seo, ES, Shikaze, Y, Shinoda, R, Streitmatter, RE, Suzuki, J, Tanaka, K, Thakur, N, Yamagami, T, Yoshida, T & Yoshimura, K 2008, 'Search for primordial antiparticles with BESS', Advances in Space Research, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 442-449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2007.04.069

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