PAMELA is a space telescope orbiting around the Earth since June 2006. The scientific objectives addressed by the mission are the measurement of the antiprotons and positrons spectra in cosmic rays, the hunt for anti-nuclei as well as the determination of light nuclei fluxes from hydrogen to oxygen in a wide energy range and with very high statistics. In this paper the charge discrimination capabilities of the PAMELA Time-Of-Flight system for light nuclei, determined during a beam test calibration, will be presented.
Capability of the PAMELA Time-Of-Flight to identify light nuclei: Results from a beam test calibration / D. Campana;R. Carbone;G. De Rosa;G. Osteria;S. Russo;W. Menn;V. Malvezzi;L. Marcelli;P. Picozza;R. Sparvoli;L. Bonechi;M. Bongi;S. Ricciarini;E. Vannuccini. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - STAMPA. - 598:(2009), pp. 696-701. [10.1016/j.nima.2008.10.014]
Capability of the PAMELA Time-Of-Flight to identify light nuclei: Results from a beam test calibration
BONECHI, LORENZO;BONGI, MASSIMO;
2009
Abstract
PAMELA is a space telescope orbiting around the Earth since June 2006. The scientific objectives addressed by the mission are the measurement of the antiprotons and positrons spectra in cosmic rays, the hunt for anti-nuclei as well as the determination of light nuclei fluxes from hydrogen to oxygen in a wide energy range and with very high statistics. In this paper the charge discrimination capabilities of the PAMELA Time-Of-Flight system for light nuclei, determined during a beam test calibration, will be presented.
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