In five year of operation in space, the instrument PAMELA, in orbit since June 15th, 2006, on board of the Russian satellite Resurs DK1, has acquired a large amount of data for the studing of charged particles in the cosmic radiation, with a particular emphasis on antimatter and signals of dark matter annihilation. PAMELA is challenging also the mechanisms of acceleration and propagation of the cosmic rays in the Galaxy, measuring light nuclei energy spectra. The monitoring of the solar activity and the observation of the radiation belts are other important objectives. A review of the main experimental results obtained by PAMELA is presented in this paper.
Five years of PAMELA in orbit / Picozza, P.; Adriani, O.; Barbarino, G.C.; Bazilevskaya, G.A.; Bellotti, R.; Boezio, M.; Bogomolov, E.A.; Bongi, M.; Bonvicini, V.; Borisov, S.; Bottai, S.; Bruno, A.; Cafagna, F.; Campana, D.; Carbone, R.; Carlson, P.; Casolino, M.; Castellini, G.; Consiglio, L.; De Pascale, M.P.; De Santis, C.; De Simone, N.; Di Felice, V.; Galper, A.M.; Gillard, W.; Grishantseva, L.; Jerse, G.; Karelin, A.V.; Kheymits, M.D.; Koldashov, S.V.; Krutkov, S.Y.; Kvashnin, A.N.; Leonov, A.; Malakhov, V.; Marcelli, L.; Mayorov, A.G.; Menn, W.; Mikhailov, V.V.; Mocchiutti, E.; Monaco, A.; Mori, N.; Nikonov, N.; Osteria, G.; Palma, F.; Papini, P.; Pearce, M.; Pizzolotto, C.; Ricci, M.; Ricciarini, S.B.; Rossetto, L.; Sarkar, R.; Simon, M.; Sparvoli, R.; Spillantini, P.; Stozhkov, Y.I.; Vacchi, A.; Vannuccini, E.; Vasilyev, G.; Voronov, S.A.; Yurkin, Y.T.; Wu, J.; Zampa, G.; Zampa, N.; Zverev, V.G.. - ELETTRONICO. - 12:(2011), pp. 167-175. (Intervento presentato al convegno 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2011 tenutosi a Beijing, chn nel 2011) [10.7529/ICRC2011/V12/H14].
Five years of PAMELA in orbit
ADRIANI, OSCAR;BONGI, MASSIMO;
2011
Abstract
In five year of operation in space, the instrument PAMELA, in orbit since June 15th, 2006, on board of the Russian satellite Resurs DK1, has acquired a large amount of data for the studing of charged particles in the cosmic radiation, with a particular emphasis on antimatter and signals of dark matter annihilation. PAMELA is challenging also the mechanisms of acceleration and propagation of the cosmic rays in the Galaxy, measuring light nuclei energy spectra. The monitoring of the solar activity and the observation of the radiation belts are other important objectives. A review of the main experimental results obtained by PAMELA is presented in this paper.
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