Speaker
Miguel Reis Orcinha
(Università degli Studi di Perugia & INFN)
Description
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), operating onboard the International Space Station since May 2011, has collected an impressive amount of cosmic-ray particles in space. The AMS measurements of the detailed time variation of multiple particle species in cosmic rays provides an invaluable resource for understanding heliospheric phenomena, the space radiation environment, and for improving space weather forecasting capabilities. Here I will present the recent results by AMS on cosmic-ray protons, nuclei, electrons and positrons and discuss their impact in understanding the physical mechanisms of cosmic-ray transport in the heliosphere
Primary author
Miguel Reis Orcinha
(Università degli Studi di Perugia & INFN)
Co-authors
Bruna Bertucci
(Università degli Studi di Perugia & INFN)
David Pelosi
(Università degli Studi di Perugia & INFN)
Emanuele Fiandrini
(Università degli Studi di Perugia & INFN)
Fernando Barão
(University of Lisbon & Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas, Portugal)
Francesco Faldi
(Università degli Studi di Perugia & INFN)
Nicola Tomassetti
(Università degli Studi di Perugia & INFN)
