The Publications

Publications in international journals (available as open access)

  1. N. Tomassetti, et al., Testing Diffusion of Cosmic Rays in the Heliosphere with Proton and Helium Data from AMS, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121 (2018) 251104 [arXiv:1811.08909]
  2. N. Tomassetti, et al., Numerical modeling of cosmic-ray transport in the heliopshere and interpretation of the proton-to-helium ratio in Solar Cycle 24 Adv. Space Res. (2019) [arXiv:1906.11477]
  3. M. Aguilar et al., Observation of Fine Time Structures in the Cosmic Proton and Helium Fluxes with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120 (2018) 051101
  4. M. Aguilar et al., Observation of Complex Time Structures in the Cosmic-Ray Electron and Positron Fluxes with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120 (2018) 051102
  5. M. Aguilar et al., Precision Measurement of Cosmic Nitrogen and its Primary and Secondary Components with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station Phys. Rev. Lett. 120 (2018) 051103
  6. M. Aguilar et al., Observation of New Properties of Secondary Cosmic Rays Lithium, Beryllium, and Boron by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120 (2018) 021101
  7. N. Tomassetti, J. Feng, A. Oliva, Fresh Insights on Cosmic-Ray Propagation from the new AMS Data, Res. Notes AAS 1 (2017) 35 [arXiv:1712.03176]
  8. M. Aguilar et al., Observation of the Identical Rigidity Dependence of He, C, and O Cosmic Rays at High Rigidities by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119 (2017) 251101
  9. N. Tomassetti et al., Evidence for a Time Lag in Solar Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays, ApJ Lett. 849 (2017) 32 (2017) [arXiv:1707.06916]
  10. N. Tomassetti, Solar and nuclear physics uncertainties in cosmic-ray propagation, Phys. Rev. D 96 (2017) 103005 [arXiv:1707.06917]
  11. N. Tomassetti & A. Oliva, Production and acceleration of antinuclei in supernova shockwaves, ApJ Lett. 844 (2017) L26 [arXiv:1707.06915]
  12. N. Tomassetti, Testing universality of cosmic-ray acceleration with proton/helium data from AMS and Voyager-1, Adv. Space Research 60 (2017) 815-825 [arXiv:1610.06187]
  13. N. Tomassetti & J. Feng, The curious case of high-energy deuterons in Galactic cosmic rays, ApJ Lett. 835 (2017) L26 [arXiv:1612.05651]
  14. M. Aguilar et al., Precision Measurement of the Boron to Carbon Flux Ratio in Cosmic Rays from 1.9 GV to 2.6 TV with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117 (2016) 231102
  15. J. Feng, N. Tomassetti, A. Oliva, Bayesian analysis of spatial-dependent cosmic-ray propagation: astrophysical background of antiprotons and positrons, Phys. Rev. D 94 (2016) 123007 [arXiv:1610.06182]

Publications in conference proceedings (available as open access)

  1. N. Tomassetti, Solar Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays: Physics Challenges for AMS-02, Proc. 18th Lomonosov Conference on Elementary Particle Physics (2017), Moscow, Russia 272-276, World Scientific (2019) [arXiv:1712.03178]
  2. M. Orcinha, N. Tomassetti, F. Barao, B. Bertucci, Observation of a time lag in solar modulation of cosmic rays in the heliosphere, 26th E+CRS Conference, July 2018, Barnaul - Belokurikha, Altai Mountains [arXiv:1810.10530]
  3. N. Tomassetti, A. Oliva, Secondary antinuclei from supernova remnants and background for dark matter searches, PoS(2017)271, 35th ICRC 2017, Bexco, Busan, Korea [arXiv:1707.06919]
  4. A. Oliva, N. Tomassetti, J. Feng, Production of antimatter nuclei in Galactic cosmic rays, PoS(2017)270, 35th ICRC 2017, Bexco, Busan, Korea [arXiv:1707.06918]
  5. N. Tomassetti, A. Oliva, Production of cosmic-ray antinuclei in the Galaxy and background for dark matter searches, PoS(EPS-HEP2017)620, EPS-HEP 2017, Venice, Italy, [arXiv:1712.03177]
  6. J. Feng, N. Tomassetti, A. Oliva, Bayesian analysis of cosmic-ray propagation parameters: secondary antiparticles from spatial-dependent diffusion models, XXV ECRS 2016, Torino, Italy [arXiv:1612.08520]

Research notes or papers in preparation (available upon reasonable request)

  1. N. Tomassetti, et al., Cyclic nature of the cosmic ray modulation time lag, 2018.
  2. N. Tomassetti, et al., Production and propagation of antinuclei in cosmic rays. Uncertainty estimates, 2018.
  3. AMS Low-energy group, Observation of Galactic Cosmic Rays at Solar Maximum and beyond with AMS-02, 2017, internal note.

Presentations and posters at international conferences

  1. N. Tomassetti, Models of cosmic ray modulation in light of new data from AMS-02, presented at the SEP-2018 Workshop, 23-26 April 2018 - Washingon DC, USA [PDF]
  2. N. Tomassetti, Production of secondaries in Galactic cosmic rays, presented at CRATER-2018 Workshop, May 2018 GGSI - L'Aquila, Italy PDF]
  3. B. Bertucci, AMS & Exploration, presented at AMS Days in La Palma, 9-13 April 2018 - Canarian Islands, Spain [PDF]
  4. F. Donnini et al., Cosmic Ray data at the ASI Space Science Data Center, presented at EWASS-2018, 3-6 Apr 2018 - Liverpool, United Kingdom [PDF]
  5. N. Tomassetti, Results from the AMS experiment on low-energy cosmic rays: Time dependence and implications for solar modulation, presented at the 18-th Lomonosov Conference, 24-30 August 2017 - Moscow State University, Russia [PDF]
  6. N. Tomassetti, Predicting solar modulation of cosmic-ray particle and antiparticles in the Heliosphere presented at the 18-th Lomonosov Conference, 24-30 August 2017 - Moscow State University, Russia [PDF| PDF]
  7. N. Tomassetti, The AMS Experiment in Space: A unique mission of fundamental physics research, an exceptional monitor of solar activity seminar at LIP-Lisboa, 6 April 2017 - Lisbon, Portugal [PDF]
  8. N. Tomassetti, Astrophysical background for cosmic-ray antinuclei: solar and nuclear uncertainties presented at XSCRC-2018, 29 March 2017- CERN, Geneva, Switzerland [PDF]
  9. N. Tomassetti & A. Oliva, Production and acceleration of antinuclei in supernova shockwaves, presented at EPS-HEP-2017 Conference, 5-12 July 2017, Venice, Italy [Link | PDF]
  10. M. Graziani, N. Tomassetti, S. della Torre, Precise and Systematic Long-duration Study of Solar Modulation on Elementary Particles and Nuclei with AMS on the Space Station, presented at EPS-HEP-2017 Conference, 5-12 July 2017, Venice, Italy [Link | PDF]
  11. N. Tomassetti, Nuclei and antinuclei production in cosmic rays: solar and nuclear physics uncertainties, presented at NA61/SHINE Beyond 2020 Workshop, 26-28 July 2017 - Geneva, Switzerland [PDF]
  12. N. Tomassetti & A. Oliva, Secondary antinuclei from supernova remnants and background for dark matter searches, presented at the 35th ICRC, 10-20 July 2015 - Bexco, Busan, Korea [PDF]
  13. A. Oliva, N. Tomassetti, J. Feng, Production of antimatter nuclei in Galactic cosmic rays, presented at the 35th ICRC, 10-20 July 2015 - Bexco, Busan, Korea [PDF]
  14. J. Feng, N. Tomassetti, A. Oliva, Bayesian analysis of cosmic-ray propagation parameters: secondary antiparticles from spatial-dependent diffusion models, presented at XXV ECRS 2016, 4-9 September 2016 - Torino, Italy
  15. N. Tomassetti, Protons and helium in cosmic rays: AMS results and interpretations, presented at TeVPA 2016 Conference, 12-16 September 2016 - CERN, Geneva, Switzerland [PDF]
  16. M. Orcinha et al., Observation of a time lag in solar modulation of cosmic rays in the heliosphere, presented at E+CRS-2018 Conference, July 2018, Barnaul - Belokurikha, Altai Mountains [PDF]
  17. M. Orcinha et al., Precision Measurement of the Monthly Cosmic Ray Fluxes with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the ISS, presented at E+CRS-2018 Conference, July 2018, Barnaul - Belokurikha, Altai Mountains [PDF]

Multimedia contents, newspaper articles and interviews

  1. Uno scudo per la Terra. Press interview for Le Science, March 2018 [PDF]
  2. Radio-interview for L'Uovo di Colombo at UmbriaRadio, 18 March 2018
  3. AMS looks at Cosmic Galactic Rays. Newsletter coverage by the CERN Outreach office, 2 April 2018
  4. Allerta raggi cosmici, con otto mesi d'anticipo. Interviews for MEDIA-INAF and ASIMMETRIE - INFN Comunicazione, December 2017
  5. Le Stagioni dei Raggi Cosmici - L'effetto del ciclo solare sui raggi cosmici: il progetto MAtISSE. Interview for PLATINUM - Ricerca & Innovazione - December 2017 [PDF]
  6. Fenomenologia dei raggi cosmici carichi. Lectures for Cosmic ray physcs class, Perugia University, October-December 2016, and presentation for the Master in Physics, March 2018
  7. Video-interview for Speciale Universitą, TV show at TeF Channel, 17 December 2017
  8. A shifting shield provides protecton against cosmic rays. Media coverage by AAS-Nova, December 2017
  9. Solar Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays. Poster desgin (by M. Orcinha) for the PhD. Open Days - March 2017 LIP & Lisbon University [PDF]
  10. AMS-02 in Space. Presentation for the Jornadas de Engenharia e Fģsica 2017, 13th Masterclasses Internacionais em Fisica de Particulas 2 March 2017, LIP - Lisbon, Portugal [PDF]
  11. Da Standard ad Inatteso - Materia oscura e ricerca nello spazio. seminar at Physics Department in Perugia, Italy - 19 December 2016 [PDF]
  12. Nuova tecnica di analisi per l'antimateria. Interview for MEDIA-INAF, December 2016
  13. European Researchers' Night 2016. Participation at SHARPER - European corner Marie Skłodowska-Curie [PDF] and live interview for Radiophonica Uni-PG.
  14. La grande scoperta degli scienziati perugini. Media coverage by the national and local press: ANSA, MeteoWeb, Umbria24, Perugia Today.
  15. A Shifting Shield Provides Protection Against Cosmic Rays Poster infographics design, April 2018 [PDF]
  16. The Nine Lives of Cosmic Rays in the Heliosphere. Poster infographics design, April 2018 [PDF]
  17. Cosmic Rays, Antimatter, Dark Matter: Connecting the dots. Poster infographics design, April 2018 [PDF]
  18. AMS Observations of Complex Time-Dependent structures in CR Electrons and Positrons. Poster infographics design, May 2018 [PDF]
  19. AMS Observations of Fine Time-Dependent structures in CR Protons and Helium. Poster infographics design, May 2018 [PDF]
  20. AMS Looks at Galactic Cosmic Rays. Poster infographics design, May 2018 [PDF]
  21. The MAtISSE project webpage @ CERN Web Services. This website, May 2016.
  22. Results in brief: New study uncovers the behaviour of cosmic rays in the Heliosphere. Project overview and interview for CORDIS.