Boron isotopes in the PAMELA experiment
- Authors: Bogomolov E.A.1, Vasilyev G.I.1, Menn W.2, Adriani O.3,4, Bazilevskaya G.A.5, Barbarino G.6,4, Bellotti R.7,4, Boezio M.8, Bonvicini V.4, Bongi M.3,4, Bottai S.4, Bruno A.7,4, Vacchi A.4,9, Vannuccini E.4, Voronov S.A.8, Galper A.M.8, De Santis C.4,10, Di Felice V.4,11, Zampa G.4, Zampa N.4, Casolino M.4, Campana D.4, Carlson P.12, Castellini G.13, Cafagna F.4, Kvashnin A.A.5, Kvashnin A.N.5, Koldobskiy S.A.8, Lagoida I.A.8, Leonov A.A.8, Mayorov A.G.8, Malakhov V.V.8, Martucci M.10,14, Marcelli L.10, Merge M.4,10, Mikhailov V.V.8, Mocchiutti E.4, Monaco A.7,4, Mori N.4, Munini R.4,15, Osteria G.4, Panico B.4, Papini P.4, Picozza P.4,10, Ricci M.14, Ricciarini S.4, Simon M.2, Sparvoli R.4,10, Spillantini P.3,4, Stozhkov Y.I.5, Yurkin Y.T.8
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Affiliations:
- Ioffe Institute
- University Siegen
- University of Florence
- INFN
- Lebedev Physical Institute
- University of Naples “Federico II”
- University of Bari
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
- University of Udine
- University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- IFAC
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati
- University of Trieste
- Issue: Vol 87, No 2 (2024)
- Pages: 73-78
- Section: ЭЛЕМЕНТАРНЫЕ ЧАСТИЦЫ И ПОЛЯ. Эксперимент
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0044-0027/article/view/265620
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0044002724020016
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/KSAWPE
- ID: 265620
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Abstract
In this work, a new analysis of the isotopic composition of boron nuclei (B) in galactic cosmic rays (GCR) in the range of rigidities of 1–5 GV (nuclear energies 0.1–1.5 GeV/nucleon) was carried out using data from the PAMELA space experiment 2006–2014 on the rigidity of detected nuclei and their velocity (time-of-flight analysis and ionization losses in the instrument’s multilayer calorimeter). The new results of the PAMELA experiment expand the energy range of previous measurements, are consistent with the few existing data, and indicate deviations of the B isotope ratios from the GALPROP simulation data for the GCR, similar to the deviations for the Li and Be isotopes in the PAMELA data, which can be interpreted as evidence of observation against the background of the GCR the contribution of several local sources from explosions of nearby (hundreds of parsec) supernovae.
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E. A. Bogomolov
Ioffe Institute
Author for correspondence.
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Saint-Petersburg
G. I. Vasilyev
Ioffe Institute
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Saint-Petersburg
W. Menn
University Siegen
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Germany, Siegen
O. Adriani
University of Florence; INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Department of Physics, Sezione di Florence
Italy, Florence; FlorenceG. A. Bazilevskaya
Lebedev Physical Institute
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow
G. Barbarino
University of Naples “Federico II”; INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Department of Physics, Sezione di Naples
Italy, Naples; NaplesR. Bellotti
University of Bari; INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Department of Physics, Sezione di Bari
Italy, Bari; BariM. Boezio
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow
V. Bonvicini
INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Trieste
Italy, TriesteM. Bongi
University of Florence; INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Department of Physics, Sezione di Florence
Italy, Florence; FlorenceS. Bottai
INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Florence
Italy, FlorenceA. Bruno
University of Bari; INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Department of Physics, Sezione di Bari
Italy, Bari; BariA. Vacchi
INFN; University of Udine
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Trieste, Department of Mathematics and Informatics
Italy, Trieste; UdineE. Vannuccini
INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Florence
Italy, FlorenceS. A. Voronov
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow
A. M. Galper
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow
C. De Santis
INFN; University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of Physics
Italy, Rome; RomeV. Di Felice
INFN; Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Rome “Tor Vergata”, Science Data Center
Italy, Rome; RomeG. Zampa
INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Trieste
Italy, TriesteN. Zampa
INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Trieste
Italy, TriesteM. Casolino
INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Rome “Tor Vergata”
Italy, RomeD. Campana
INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Naples
Italy, NaplesP. Carlson
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Department of Physics, and the Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova University Centre
Sweden, StockholmG. Castellini
IFAC
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Italy, Florence
F. Cafagna
INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Bari
Italy, BariA. A. Kvashnin
Lebedev Physical Institute
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow
A. N. Kvashnin
Lebedev Physical Institute
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow
S. A. Koldobskiy
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow
I. A. Lagoida
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow
A. A. Leonov
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow
A. G. Mayorov
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow
V. V. Malakhov
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow
M. Martucci
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”; INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Department of Physics
Italy, Rome; FrascatiL. Marcelli
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Department of Physics
Italy, RomeM. Merge
INFN; University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of Physics
Italy, Rome; RomeV. V. Mikhailov
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow
E. Mocchiutti
INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Trieste
Italy, TriesteA. Monaco
University of Bari; INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Department of Physics, Sezione di Bari
Italy, Bari; BariN. Mori
INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Florence
Italy, FlorenceR. Munini
INFN; University of Trieste
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Trieste, Department of Physics
Italy, Trieste; TriesteG. Osteria
INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Naples
Italy, NaplesB. Panico
INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Naples
Italy, NaplesP. Papini
INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Florence
Italy, FlorenceP. Picozza
INFN; University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of Physics
Italy, Rome; RomeM. Ricci
INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Italy, Frascati
S. Ricciarini
INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Florence
Italy, FlorenceM. Simon
University Siegen
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Germany, Siegen
R. Sparvoli
INFN; University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Sezione di Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of Physics
Italy, Rome; RomeP. Spillantini
University of Florence; INFN
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Department of Physics, Sezione di Florence
Italy, Florence; FlorenceY. I. Stozhkov
Lebedev Physical Institute
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow
Y. T. Yurkin
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Email: Edward.Bogomolov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow
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