Latronico, L. (2010) Studies of cosmic ray electrons with the Fermi-LAT. Il nuovo cimento C, 33 (5). pp. 11-18. ISSN 1826-9885
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Abstract
The Fermi Large Area Telescope measures the cosmic-ray electron spectrum from 7GeV up to 1TeV, covering a broad range of approximately 2.5 decades with unprecedented accuracy. This result is based on an analysis of about 8 million electron candidates detected in the first 12 months of operations of the satellite. It extends our previously published measurement down to 7GeV, and confirms a spectrum harder than expected and with no prominent spectral features. In this paper we describe key points of the analysis and of its validations, as well as a cross-check measurement of the spectrum via a subset of events selected for the best energy resolution. Possible interpretations of the result and prospects for future Fermi measurements are briefly discussed at the end.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Neutrino, muon, pion, and other elementary particles; cosmic rays ; Composition, energy spectra and interactions ; Dark Matter (stellar, interstellar, galactic, and cosmological) |
| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Apr 2020 14:35 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2020 14:35 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/16980 |
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