Buffington, A. and Schindler, S. M. (1981) A Measurement of the Antiproton Flux in the Cosmic Rays. In: Proceedings of the 17th International Cosmic Ray Conference. Vol.2. CEN Saclay , Gif-sur Yvette, France, pp. 98-101. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140417-142737320
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Abstract
A balloon-borne instrument has been used to detect cosmic-ray antiprotons. These are identified topologically by the appearance of annihilation prongs in a thick lead-plate spark chamber. The initial recording of the data is enriched in potential antimatter events by a selective trigger. After a small subtraction for background, 14 identified antiprotons yield a flux of 1.7 plus or minus 0.00005 antiproton/(sq m ster sec MeV) between 130 and 320 MeV at the top of the atmosphere. When combined with higher energy antiproton flux measurements, this result indicates that the antiprotons have a spectrum whose shape is the same as that of the protons, but with a magnitude reduced by a factor of 1/3000.
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| Subject Keywords: | Antiprotons, Balloon Sounding, Cosmic Rays, Proton Flux Density, Radiation Measurement, Data Recording, Energy Spectra, Spark Chambers, Upper Atmosphere | ||||||
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