A balloon flight from an antarctic base to get the best conditions in the search for cosmic antiprotons

• Published in: Il Nuovo Cimento A
• Main Authors: G. Basini, F. Bongiorno, A. Morselli, M. Occhigrossi, M. Ricci, P. Spillantini, Yi F. Wang, R. Bernabei, M. P. De Pascale, P. Picozza, A. Codino, M. Menichelli, I. Salvatori, A. Marino, GRIMANI, CATIA
• Other Authors: G., Basini, F., Bongiorno, A., Morselli, M., Occhigrossi, M., Ricci, P., Spillantini, Yi F., Wang, R., Bernabei, M. P., De Pascale, P., Picozza, A., Codino, M., Menichelli, Grimani, Catia, I., Salvatori, A., Marino
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: Other topics in high-energy and nuclear experimental methods and instrumentation; Aerospace facilities and techniques - space research; Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11576/2514179; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02848088; http://www.springerlink.com/content/31672714250k2088/

Searching for cosmic antiprotons, balloon-borne experiments were performed in the last years, but without a clear answer on the p rate and origin. Here we present the project of an antarctic flight of a balloonborne apparatus that in principle could be greatly helpful in clarifying the situation before that experiments on space station or satellites provide the high statistics for a more complete scenario.