Cosmic-ray observations of the heliosphere with the PAMELA experiment

Casolino M.; Altamura F.; Basili A.; Bencardino R.; De Pascale M. P.; Marcelli L.; Minori M.; Morselli A.; Nagni M.; Picozza P.; Russo S.; Sparvoli R.; Ambriola M.; Bellotti R.; Cafagna F. S.; Circella M.; De Marzo C.; Giglietto N.; Mirizzi N.; Romita M.; Spinelli P.; Adriani O.; Bonechi L.; Bongi M.; Papini P.; Ricciarini S. B.; Spillantini P.; Straulino S.; Taccetti F.; Vannuccini E.; Castellini G.; Bongiorno L.; Ricci M.; Mitchell J. W.; Streitmatter R. E.; Stochaj S. J.; Bazilevskaya G. A.; Kvashnin A. N.; Logachev V. I.; Makhmutov V. S.; Maksumov O. S.; Stozhkov Y. I.; Bakaldin A.; Galper A. M.; Koldashov S. V.; Korotkov M. G.; Mikhailov V. V.; Voronov S. A.; Yurkin Y.; Barbarino G. C.; Campana D.; Osteria G.; Rossi G.; Russo S.; Bogomolov E. A.; Krutkov S.; Vasiljev G.; Boscherini M.; Menn W.; Simon M.; Carlson P.; Lund J.; Lundquist J.; Orsi S.; Pearce M.; Boezio M.; Bonvicini V.; Mocchiutti E.; Schiavon P.; Vacchi A.; Zampa G.; Zampa N.

Cosmic-ray observations of the heliosphere with the PAMELA experiment

Casolino M.

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Altamura F.

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Basili A.

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Zampa N.

2006

journal article

Periodico

ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH

Abstract

The PAMELA experiment is a multi-purpose apparatus built around a permanent magnet spectrometer, with the main goal of studying in detail the antiparticle component of cosmic rays. The apparatus will be carried in space by means of a Russian satellite, due to launch in 2005, for a three year-long mission. The characteristics of the detectors composing the instrument, alongside the long lifetime of the mission and the orbital characteristics of the satellite, will allow to address several items of cosmic-ray physics. In this paper, we will focus on the solar and heliospheric observation capabilities of PAMELA. (c) 2005 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of COSPAR.