How the Sun influences the positron fraction
Positron fraction measurements from the 90s don’t match more recent data. The PAMELA team presents an explanation as to why that is – and it has to do with our sun.
Where are the positrons coming from?
In today’s astrobite, we discuss the puzzling results from the AMS-02 experiment, which has detected an excess of positrons in cosmic rays with respect to what we expect from known physical sources. Where are those positrons coming from?
An Excess of Positivity
The Fermi Large Area Telescope used a clever method of splitting electrons and positrons via the Earth’s magnetic field to show that there’s a significant excess of cosmic ray positrons at high energies – much more than can be explained using known cosmic ray processes.