Measurement of the Cosmic Ray e(+)+e(-) Spectrum from 20 GeV to 1 TeV with the Fermi Large Area Telescope
| Title: | Measurement of the Cosmic Ray e(+)+e(-) Spectrum from 20 GeV to 1 TeV with the Fermi Large Area Telescope |
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| Authors: | ABDO AA; ACKERMANN M; AJELLO M; ATWOOD WB; AXELSSON M; BALDINI L; BALLET J; BARBIELLINI G; BATTELINO M; BAUGHMAN BM; BECHTOL K; BELLAZZINI R; BERENJI B; BLANDFORD RD; BLOOM ED; BOGAERT G; BONAMENTE E; BORGLAND AW; BREGEON J; BREZ A; BRIGIDA M; BRUEL P; BURNETT TH; CALIANDRO GA; CAMERON RA; CARAVEO PA; CARLSON P; CASANDJIAN JM; CECCHI C; CHARLES E; CHEKHTMAN A; CHEUNG CC; CHIANG J; CIPRINI S; CLAUS R; COHEN TANUGI J; COMINSKY LR; CONRAD J; CUTINI S; DERMER CD; DE ANGELIS A; DE PALMA F; DIGEL SW; DI BERNARDO G; SILVA EDE; DRELL PS; DUBOIS R; DUMORA D; EDMONDS Y; FARNIER C; FAVUZZI C; FOCKE WB; FRAILIS M; FUKAZAWA Y; FUNK S; FUSCO P; GAGGERO D; GARGANO F; GASPARRINI D; GEHRELS N; GERMANI S; GIEBELS B; GIGLIETTO N; GIORDANO F; GLANZMAN T; GODFREY G; GRASSO D; GRENIER IA; GRONDIN MH; GROVE JE; GUILLEMOT L; GUIRIEC S; HANABATA Y; HARDING AK; HARTMAN RC; HAYASHIDA M; HAYS E; HUGHES RE; JOHANNESSON G; JOHNSON AS; JOHNSON RP; JOHNSON WN; KAMAE T; KATAGIRI H; KATAOKA J; KAWAI N; KERR M; KNODLSEDER J; KOCEVSKI D; KUEHN F; KUSS M; LANDE J; LATRONICO L; LEMOINE GOUMARD M; LONGO F; LOPARCO F; LOTT B; LOVELLETTE MN; LUBRANO P; MADEJSKI GM; MAKEEV A; MASSAI MM; MAZZIOTTA MN; MCCONVILLE W; MCENERY JE; MEURER C; MICHELSON PF; MITTHUMSIRI W; MIZUNO T; MOISEEV AA; MONTE C; MONZANI ME; MORETTI E; MORSELLI A; MOSKALENKO IV; MURGIA S; NOLAN PL; NORRIS JP; NUSS E; OHSUGI T; OMODEI N; ORLANDO E; ORMES JF; OZAKI M; PANEQUE D; PANETTA JH; PARENT D; PELASSA V; PEPE M; PESCE ROLLINS M; PIRON F; POHL M; PORTER TA; PROFUMO S; RAINO S; RAZZANO M; REIMER A; REIMER O; REPOSEUR T; RITZ S; ROCHESTER LS; RODRIGUEZ AY; ROMANI RW; ROTH M; RYDE F; SADROZINSKI HFW; SANCHEZ D; SANDER A; SAZ PARKINSON PM; SCARGLE JD; SCHALK TL; SELLERHOLM A; SGRO C; SMITH DA; SMITH PD; SPANDRE G; SPINELLI P; STARCK JL; STEPHENS TE; STRICKMAN MS; STRONG AW; SUSON DJ; TAJIMA H; TAKAHASHI H; TAKAHASHI T; TANAKA T; THAYER JB; THAYER JG; THOMPSON DJ; TIBOLLA O; TORRES DF; TOSTI G; TRAMACERE A; UCHIYAMA Y; USHER TL; VAN ETTEN A; VASILEIOU V; VILCHEZ N; VITALE V; WAITE AP; WALLACE E; WANG P; WINER BL; WOOD KS; YLINEN T; ZIEGLER M.; BASTIERI, DENIS; RANDO, RICCARDO; TIBALDO, LUIGI |
| Contributors: | Abdo, Aa; Ackermann, M; Ajello, M; Atwood, Wb; Axelsson, M; Baldini, L; Ballet, J; Barbiellini, G; Bastieri, Deni; Battelino, M; Baughman, Bm; Bechtol, K; Bellazzini, R; Berenji, B; Blandford, Rd; Bloom, Ed; Bogaert, G; Bonamente, E; Borgland, Aw; Bregeon, J; Brez, A; Brigida, M; Bruel, P; Burnett, Th; Caliandro, Ga; Cameron, Ra; Caraveo, Pa; Carlson, P; Casandjian, Jm; Cecchi, C; Charles, E; Chekhtman, A; Cheung, Cc; Chiang, J; Ciprini, S; Claus, R; COHEN TANUGI, J; Cominsky, Lr; Conrad, J; Cutini, S; Dermer, Cd; DE ANGELIS, A; DE PALMA, F; Digel, Sw; DI BERNARDO, G; Silva, Ede; Drell, P; Dubois, R; Dumora, D; Edmonds, Y; Farnier, C; Favuzzi, C; Focke, Wb; Frailis, M; Fukazawa, Y; Funk, S; Fusco, P; Gaggero, D; Gargano, F; Gasparrini, D; Gehrels, N; Germani, S; Giebels, B; Giglietto, N; Giordano, F; Glanzman, T; Godfrey, G; Grasso, D; Grenier, Ia; Grondin, Mh; Grove, Je; Guillemot, L; Guiriec, S; Hanabata, Y; Harding, Ak; Hartman, Rc; Hayashida, M; Hays, E; Hughes, Re; Johannesson, G; Johnson, A; Johnson, Rp; Johnson, Wn; Kamae, T; Katagiri, H; Kataoka, J; Kawai, N; Kerr, M; Knodlseder, J; Kocevski, D; Kuehn, F; Kuss, M; Lande, J; Latronico, L; LEMOINE GOUMARD, M; Longo, F; Loparco, F; Lott, B; Lovellette, Mn; Lubrano, P |
| Publication Year: | 2009 |
| Collection: | Padua Research Archive (IRIS - Università degli Studi di Padova) |
| Description: | Designed as a high-sensitivity gamma-ray observatory, the Fermi Large Area Telescope is also an electron detector with a large acceptance exceeding 2 m^2 sr at 300 GeV. Building on the gamma-ray analysis, we have developed an efficient electron detection strategy which provides sufficient background rejection for measurement of the steeply falling electron spectrum up to 1 TeV. Our high precision data show that the electron spectrum falls with energy as E^{-3.0} and does not exhibit prominent spectral features. Interpretations in terms of a conventional diffusive model as well as a potential local extra component are briefly discussed. |
| Document Type: | article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: | unknown |
| Relation: | info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000265948600011; volume:102; journal:PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS; https://hdl.handle.net/11577/2445570 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.181101 |
| Availability: | https://hdl.handle.net/11577/2445570; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.181101 |
| Rights: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; license:Accesso libero ; license uri:iris.PUB01 |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.B521F2C3 |
| Database: | BASE |