The PAMELA satellite-borne experiment was launched on 15 June 2006 from the Baikonur cosmodrome and it has been collecting data since then. The apparatus comprises a time-of-flight system, a silicon-microstrip magnetic spectrometer, a silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter, an anticoincidence system, a shower tail counter scintillator and a neutron detector. The combination of these devices allows precision studies of the charged cosmic radiation to be conducted over a wide energy range (100 MeV – 1 TeV) with high statistics, with particular focus on the antiparticle component. In this work we present 3He/4He isotopic ratio in the energy range from 100 MeV nucleon−1 to ~1 GeV nucleon−1. The measured abundances are compared with different interstellar/heliospheric propagation calculations which are tuned on previous proton and helium measurements.

Measurements of He isotopic ratio in cosmic rays in the 100 MeV-1 GeV range with the PAMELA experiment / Casolino, M.; De Santis, C.; De Simone, N.; Formato, V.; Nikonov, N.; 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.; Castellini, G.; Consiglio, L.; De Pascale, M.P.; 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.; 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.. - In: ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCES TRANSACTIONS. - ISSN 1810-6528. - ELETTRONICO. - 7:(2011), pp. 465-469. [10.5194/astra-7-465-2011]

Measurements of He isotopic ratio in cosmic rays in the 100 MeV-1 GeV range with the PAMELA experiment

ADRIANI, OSCAR;BONGI, MASSIMO;
2011

Abstract

The PAMELA satellite-borne experiment was launched on 15 June 2006 from the Baikonur cosmodrome and it has been collecting data since then. The apparatus comprises a time-of-flight system, a silicon-microstrip magnetic spectrometer, a silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter, an anticoincidence system, a shower tail counter scintillator and a neutron detector. The combination of these devices allows precision studies of the charged cosmic radiation to be conducted over a wide energy range (100 MeV – 1 TeV) with high statistics, with particular focus on the antiparticle component. In this work we present 3He/4He isotopic ratio in the energy range from 100 MeV nucleon−1 to ~1 GeV nucleon−1. The measured abundances are compared with different interstellar/heliospheric propagation calculations which are tuned on previous proton and helium measurements.
2011
7
465
469
Casolino, M.; De Santis, C.; De Simone, N.; Formato, V.; Nikonov, N.; 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.; Castellini, G.; Consiglio, L.; De Pascale, M.P.; 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.; 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.
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