PAMELA is a satellite-borne experiment that will make long duration measurements of the cosmic radiation over an extended energy range. Specically, PAMELA will measure the cosmic-ray antiproton and positron spectra over the largest energy range ever achieved and will search for antinuclei with unprecedented sensitivity. Furthermore, it will measure the light nuclear component of cosmic rays and investigate phenomena connected with solar and earth physics. The apparatus consists of: a time of ight system, a magnetic spectrometer, an anticoincidence system, an electromagnetic imaging calorimeter, a shower tail catcher scintillator and a neutron detector. All detectors have been successfully integrated in the PAMELA apparatus that has been installed onboard the polar orbiting Resurs DK1 satellite. Beginning of 2006 it will be launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, for a 3 year long mission.
The PAMELA space experiment / Boezio, 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.; Casolino, M.; Cafagna, F. S.; Circella, M.; Marzo, C. D.; 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.; Bonvicini, V.; Mocchiutti, E.; Schiavon, P.; Vacchi, A.; Zampa, G.; Zampa, N.. - ELETTRONICO. - 10:(2005), pp. 255-270. ( 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2005 Pune, ind 2005).
The PAMELA space experiment
Boezio, M.;ADRIANI, OSCAR;BONGI, MASSIMO;STRAULINO, SAMUELE;
2005
Abstract
PAMELA is a satellite-borne experiment that will make long duration measurements of the cosmic radiation over an extended energy range. Specically, PAMELA will measure the cosmic-ray antiproton and positron spectra over the largest energy range ever achieved and will search for antinuclei with unprecedented sensitivity. Furthermore, it will measure the light nuclear component of cosmic rays and investigate phenomena connected with solar and earth physics. The apparatus consists of: a time of ight system, a magnetic spectrometer, an anticoincidence system, an electromagnetic imaging calorimeter, a shower tail catcher scintillator and a neutron detector. All detectors have been successfully integrated in the PAMELA apparatus that has been installed onboard the polar orbiting Resurs DK1 satellite. Beginning of 2006 it will be launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, for a 3 year long mission.
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