Measurement of the cosmic-ray antiproton spectrum at solar minimum with a long-duration balloon flight over antarctica

Phys Rev Lett. 2012 Feb 3;108(5):051102. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.051102. Epub 2012 Jan 31.

Abstract

The energy spectrum of cosmic-ray antiprotons (p's) from 0.17 to 3.5 GeV has been measured using 7886 p's detected by BESS-Polar II during a long-duration flight over Antarctica near solar minimum in December 2007 and January 2008. This shows good consistency with secondary p calculations. Cosmologically primary p's have been investigated by comparing measured and calculated p spectra. BESS-Polar II data show no evidence of primary p's from the evaporation of primordial black holes.