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Title	High precision particle astrophysics as a new window on the universe with an Antimatter Large Acceptance Detector In Orbit (ALADInO)
Author(s)	Battiston, R (Trento U. ; TIFPA-INFN, Trento) ; Bertucci, B (Perugia U. ; INFN, Perugia) ; Adriani, O (Florence U. ; INFN, Florence) ; Ambrosi, G (INFN, Perugia) ; Baoudoy, B (IRFU, Saclay) ; Blasi, P (GSSI, Aquila) ; Boezio, M (INFN, Trieste) ; Campana, D (INFN, Naples) ; Derome, L (LPSC, Grenoble) ; De Mitri, I (GSSI, Aquila) ; Di Felice, V (INFN, Rome2) ; Donato, F (INFN, Turin) ; Duranti, M (Perugia U.) ; Formato, V (INFN, Rome2) ; Grasso, D (INFN, Pisa) ; Gebauer, I (KIT, Karlsruhe, IKP) ; Iuppa, R (Trento U. ; TIFPA-INFN, Trento) ; Masi, N (INFN, Bari) ; Maurin, D (LPSC, Grenoble) ; Mazziotta, M N (INFN, Bari) ; Musenich, R (INFN, Genoa) ; Nozzoli, F (TIFPA-INFN, Trento) ; Papini, P (INFN, Bologna) ; Picozza, P (Rome U., Tor Vergata ; INFN, Rome2) ; Pearce, M (Royal Inst. Tech., Stockholm) ; Pospíšil, S (CTU, Prague) ; Rossi, L (CERN) ; Tomassetti, N (Perugia U. ; INFN, Perugia) ; Vagelli, V (ASI, Rome) ; Wu, X (Geneva U.)
Publication	2021
Number of pages	32
In:	Exp. Astron. 51 (2021) pp.1299-1330 Exp. Astron. 51 (2021) pp.1331-1332
DOI	10.1007/s10686-021-09708-w (publication) 10.1007/s10686-021-09771-3 (erratum)
Subject category	Astrophysics and Astronomy ; Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	ALADInO
Abstract	Multimessenger astrophysics is based on the detection, with the highest possible accuracy, of the cosmic radiation. During the last 20 years, the advent space-borne magnetic spectrometers in space (AMS-01, Pamela, AMS-02), able to measure the charged cosmic radiation separating matter from antimatter, and to provide accurate measurement of the rarest components of Cosmic Rays (CRs) to the highest possible energies, have become possible, together with the ultra-precise measurement of ordinary CRs. These developments started the era of precision Cosmic Ray physics providing access to a rich program of high-energy astrophysics addressing fundamental questions like matter-antimatter asymmetry, indirect detection for Dark Matter and the detailed study of origin, acceleration and propagation of CRs and their interactions with the interstellar medium. In this paper we address the above-mentioned scientific questions, in the context of a second generation, large acceptance, superconducting magnetic spectrometer proposed as mission in the context of the European Space Agency’s Voyage2050 long-term plan: the Antimatter Large Acceptance Detector In Orbit (ALADInO) would extend by about two orders of magnitude in energy and flux sensitivity the separation between charged particles/anti-particles, making it uniquely suited for addressing and potentially solving some of the most puzzling issues of modern cosmology.
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