The Pamela apparatus will be launched at the end of 2002 on board of the Resurs DK Russian satellite. The tracking system, composed of six planes of silicon sensors inserted inside a permanent magnetic field was intensively tested during these last years. Results of tests have shown a good signal-to-noise ratio and an excellent spatial resolution, which should allow to measure the antiproton flux in an energy range from 80 MeV up to 190 GeV. The production of the final detector modules is about to start and mechanical and thermal tests on the tracking tower are being performed according to the specifications of the Russian launcher and satellite. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Pamela tracking system: status report / F. Taccetti;O. Adriani;L. Bonechi;M. Bongi;M. Boscherini;G. Castellini;R. D'Alessandro;A. Gabbanini;M. Grandi;P. Papini;S. Piccardi;S. Ricciarini;P. Spillantini;S. Straulino;M. Tesi;E. Vannuccini. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - ELETTRONICO. - 485:(2002), pp. 78-83. [10.1016/S0168-9002(02)00535-1]
Pamela tracking system: status report
TACCETTI, FRANCESCO;ADRIANI, OSCAR;BONECHI, LORENZO;BONGI, MASSIMO;CASTELLINI, GUIDO;D'ALESSANDRO, RAFFAELLO;PAPINI, PAOLO;SPILLANTINI, PIERO;STRAULINO, SAMUELE;VANNUCCINI, ELENA
2002
Abstract
The Pamela apparatus will be launched at the end of 2002 on board of the Resurs DK Russian satellite. The tracking system, composed of six planes of silicon sensors inserted inside a permanent magnetic field was intensively tested during these last years. Results of tests have shown a good signal-to-noise ratio and an excellent spatial resolution, which should allow to measure the antiproton flux in an energy range from 80 MeV up to 190 GeV. The production of the final detector modules is about to start and mechanical and thermal tests on the tracking tower are being performed according to the specifications of the Russian launcher and satellite. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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