PAMELA - A Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics
Abstract
The PAMELA experiment is a satellite-borne apparatus designed to study charged particles in the cosmic radiation with a particular focus on antiparticles. PAMELA is mounted on the Resurs DK1 satellite that was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on June 15th 2006. The PAMELA apparatus comprises a time-of-flight system, a magnetic spectrometer, a silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter, an anticoincidence system, a shower tail catcher scintillator and a neutron detector. The combination of these devices allows antiparticles to be reliably identified from a large background of other charged particles. This paper reviews the design, space qualification and on-ground performance of PAMELA. The in-orbit performance will be discussed in future publications.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0608697,
title = {PAMELA - A Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics},
author = {P. Picozza and A. M. Galper and G. Castellini and O. Adriani and F. Altamura and M. Ambriola and G. C. Barbarino and A. Basili and G. A. Bazilevskaja and R. Bencardino and M. Boezio and E. A. Bogomolov and L. Bonechi and M. Bongi and L. Bongiorno and V. Bonvicini and F. Cafagna and D. Campana and P. Carlson and M. Casolino and C. De Marzo and M. P. De Pascale and G. De Rosa and D. Fedele and P. Hofverberg and S. V. Koldashov and S. Yu. Krutkov and A. N. Kvashnin and J. Lund and J. Lundquist and O. Maksumov and V. Malvezzi and L. Marcelli and W. Menn and V. V. Mikhailov and M. Minori and S. Misin and E. Mocchiutti and A. Morselli and N. N. Nikonov and S. Orsi and G. Osteria and P. Papini and M. Pearce and M. Ricci and S. B. Ricciarini and M. F. Runtso and S. Russo and M. Simon and R. Sparvoli and P. Spillantini and Yu. I. Stozhkov and E. Taddei and A. Vacchi and E. Vannuccini and S. A. Voronov and Y. T. Yurkin and G. Zampa and N. Zampa and V. G. Zverev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0608697},
year = {2009}
}
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