Bess and its future prospect for polar long duration flights

A. Yamamoto; K. Abe; K. Anraku; Y. Asaoka; M. Fujikawa; H. Fuke; S. Haino; M. Imori; K. Izumi; T. Maeno; Y. Makida; N. Matsui; H. Matsumoto; H. Matsunaga; F. B. McDonald; J. Mitchell; T. Mitsui; A. Moiseev; M. Motoki; J. Nishimura; M. Nozaki; S. Orito; J. F. Ormes; D. Righter; T. Saeki; T. Sanuki; M. Sasaki; E. S. Seo; Y. Shikaze; T. Sonoda; R. Streitmatter; J. Suzuki; K. Tanaka; K. Tanizaki; I. Ueda; J. Z. Wang; N. Yajima; T. Yamagami; Y. Yamamoto; H. Yamaoka; K. Yamato; T. Yoshida; K. Yoshimura

doi:10.1016/S0273-1177(02)00541-0

Bess and its future prospect for polar long duration flights

A. Yamamoto, K. Abe, K. Anraku, Y. Asaoka, M. Fujikawa, H. Fuke, S. Haino, M. Imori, K. Izumi, T. Maeno, Y. Makida, N. Matsui, H. Matsumoto, H. Matsunaga, F. B. McDonald, J. Mitchell, T. Mitsui, A. Moiseev, M. Motoki, J. NishimuraM. Nozaki, S. Orito, J. F. Ormes, D. Righter, T. Saeki, T. Sanuki, M. Sasaki, E. S. Seo, Y. Shikaze, T. Sonoda, R. Streitmatter, J. Suzuki, K. Tanaka, K. Tanizaki, I. Ueda, J. Z. Wang, N. Yajima, T. Yamagami, Y. Yamamoto, H. Yamaoka, K. Yamato, T. Yoshida, K. Yoshimura

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The Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer, BESS, aims to study elementary particle/antiparticle phenomena in the early history of the Universe. The instrument has a unique feature of a thin superconducting solenoid magnet enabling a large geometrical acceptance with a horizontally cylindrical configuration. Seven balloon flights have been successfully carried out since 1993. More then 10 ³ comic-ray antiproton have been unambiguously detected, and the energy spectrum has been measured with the characteristic peak at 2 GeV. The search for cosmic-ray antihelium brought the upper-limit of the antihelium/helium ratio down to < 10 ^-6 . To extend the highly sensitive measurements, we are planning polar long duration flights in Antarctica focusing on the very low energy antiproton spectrum towards the solar-minimum in the next decade.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1253-1262
Number of pages	10
Journal	Advances in Space Research
Volume	30
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0273-1177(02)00541-0
Publication status	Published - 2002
Externally published	Yes

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Yamamoto, A., Abe, K., Anraku, K., Asaoka, Y., Fujikawa, M., Fuke, H., Haino, S., Imori, M., Izumi, K., Maeno, T., Makida, Y., Matsui, N., Matsumoto, H., Matsunaga, H., McDonald, F. B., Mitchell, J., Mitsui, T., Moiseev, A., Motoki, M., ... Yoshimura, K. (2002). Bess and its future prospect for polar long duration flights. Advances in Space Research, 30(5), 1253-1262. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0273-1177(02)00541-0

Yamamoto, A, Abe, K, Anraku, K, Asaoka, Y, Fujikawa, M, Fuke, H, Haino, S, Imori, M, Izumi, K, Maeno, T, Makida, Y, Matsui, N, Matsumoto, H, Matsunaga, H, McDonald, FB, Mitchell, J, Mitsui, T, Moiseev, A, Motoki, M, Nishimura, J, Nozaki, M, Orito, S, Ormes, JF, Righter, D, Saeki, T, Sanuki, T, Sasaki, M, Seo, ES, Shikaze, Y, Sonoda, T, Streitmatter, R, Suzuki, J, Tanaka, K, Tanizaki, K, Ueda, I, Wang, JZ, Yajima, N, Yamagami, T, Yamamoto, Y, Yamaoka, H, Yamato, K, Yoshida, T & Yoshimura, K 2002, 'Bess and its future prospect for polar long duration flights', Advances in Space Research, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 1253-1262. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0273-1177(02)00541-0

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