Detection of electrons and positrons in cosmic rays with the AMS-02 experiment

par Manuela Vecchi

vendredi 28 févr. 2014, 14:30 → 15:00 Europe/Paris

Auditorium M. Vivargent (LAPP)

Electrons and positrons represent only a tiny fraction of cosmic radiation. However, their detection could provide fundamental informations about the sources of cosmic rays nearby our Galaxy. The AMS-02 detector, given its large acceptance and long duration mission, is providing important clues to understand cosmic rays in the GeV to TeV region. In this talk the measurement of electrons and positrons with AMS will be described, and recent results will be shown. A particular emphasis will be given to my personal contribution in this analysis.