Direct Measurements of Galactic Cosmic Rays

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent advances in direct measurements of Galactic cosmic rays, highlighting new data on their spectra, composition, and antimatter components, and discusses implications for cosmic ray origins and future research challenges.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of recent experimental results in cosmic ray measurements and discusses their significance for understanding cosmic ray origins.

Findings

High-statistics measurements of energy spectra

Detailed chemical and isotopic composition data

Detection of rare antimatter components

Abstract

This paper reviews recent progress in the field of direct measurements of Galactic cosmic rays. High-statistic measurements of cosmic ray energy spectra, chemical and isotopic composition, and the rare antimatter components have been made using large particle physics experiments operating in space. The recent results are discussed in relation to our understanding of the origin of cosmic rays, the open questions, and the challenges for future experiments of direct detection.