On the 15th of June 2006, the PAMELA experiment mounted on the Resurs DK1 satellite, was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome and it has been collecting data since July 2006. PAMELA is a satellite-borne apparatus designed to study charged particles in the cosmic radiation, to investigate the nature of dark matter, measuring the cosmic-ray antiproton and positron spectra over the largest energy range ever achieved, and to search for antinuclei with unprecedented sensitivity. The PAMELA apparatus comprises a time-of-flight system, a magnetic spectrometer, a silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter, an anticoincidence system, a shower tail catcher scintillator and a neutron detector. We will present the status of the apparatus after one year in orbit. Furthermore, we will discuss the PAMELA in-flight performances.
The first year in orbit of the pamela experiment / Boezio, M.; Adriani, O.; Ambriola, M.; Barbarino, G.C.; Basili, A.; Bazilevskaja, G.A.; Bellotti, R.; 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.Y.; Kvashnin, A.N.; 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.; Papini, P.; Pearce, M.; Picozza, P.; Ricci, M.; Ricciarini, S.B.; Runtso, M.F.; Russo, S.; Simon, M.; Sparvoli, R.; Spillantini, P.; Stozhkov, Y.I.; Taddei, E.; Vacchi, A.; Vannuccini, E.; Vasilyev, G.; Voronov, S.A.; Yurkin, Y.T.; Zampa, G.; Zampa, N.; Zverev, V.G.. - ELETTRONICO. - 2:(2007), pp. 99-102. (Intervento presentato al convegno 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007 tenutosi a Merida, Yucatan, mex nel 2007).
The first year in orbit of the pamela experiment
ADRIANI, OSCAR;BONGI, MASSIMO;
2007
Abstract
On the 15th of June 2006, the PAMELA experiment mounted on the Resurs DK1 satellite, was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome and it has been collecting data since July 2006. PAMELA is a satellite-borne apparatus designed to study charged particles in the cosmic radiation, to investigate the nature of dark matter, measuring the cosmic-ray antiproton and positron spectra over the largest energy range ever achieved, and to search for antinuclei with unprecedented sensitivity. The PAMELA apparatus comprises a time-of-flight system, a magnetic spectrometer, a silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter, an anticoincidence system, a shower tail catcher scintillator and a neutron detector. We will present the status of the apparatus after one year in orbit. Furthermore, we will discuss the PAMELA in-flight performances.I documenti in FLORE sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.