In-flight performances of the PAMELA satellite experiment

Papini P.; Adriani O.; Ambriola M.; Barbarino G. C.; Basili A.; Bazilevskaja G. A.; Boezio M.; Bogomolov E. A.; Bonechi L.; Bongi M.; Bongiorno L.; Bonvicini V.; Bruno A.; Cafagna F.; Campana D.; Carlson P.; Casolino M.; Castellini G.; Conrad J.; De Marzo C.; De Pascale M. P.; De Rosa G.; Di Felice V.; Fedele D.; Galper A. M.; Hofverberg P.; Koldashov S. V.; Krutkov S. Yu.; Kvashnin A. N.; Lund J.; Lundquist J.; Maksumov O.; Malvezzi V.; Marcelli L.; Menn W.; Mikhailov V. V.; Minori M.; Misin S.; Mocchiutti E.; Morselli A.; Nikonov N. N.; Orsi S.; Osteria G.; Pearce M.; Picozza P.; Ricci M.; Ricciarini S. B.; Runtso M. F.; Russo S.; Simon M.; Sparvoli R.; Spillantini P.; Stozhkov Yu. I.; Taddei E.; Vacchi A.; Vannuccini E.; Voronov S. A.; Yurkin Y. T.; Zampa G.; Zampa N.; Zverev V. G.

In-flight performances of the PAMELA satellite experiment

Papini P.

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Adriani O.

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Ambriola M.

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Zverev V. G.

2008

journal article

Periodico

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT

Abstract

PAMELA is a satcllite-borne experiment designed to study with great accuracy charged particles in the cosmic radiation with a particular focus on antiparticles. The experiment, housed on board the Russian Resurs-DK1 satellite, was launched on June 15, 2006 in a 350 x 600 km orbit with an inclination of 70 degrees. The apparatus comprises a time-of-flight system, a silicon-microstrip magnetic spectrometer, a silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter, an anticoincidence system, a shower tail catcher scintillator and a neutron detector. The combination of these devices allows charged particle identification over a wide energy range. In this work, the detector design is reviewed and the in-orbit performances in the first months after the launch are presented. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.