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PAMELA - A Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics

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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 P. Picozza , A. M. Galper , G. Castellini , O. Adriani , F. Altamura , M. Ambriola , G. C. Barbarino , A. Basili , G. A. Bazilevskaja , R. Bencardino , M. Boezio , E. A. Bogomolov , L. Bonechi , M. Bongi , L. Bongiorno , V. Bonvicini , F. Cafagna , D. Campana , P. Carlson , M. Casolino , C. De Marzo , M. P. De Pascale , G. De Rosa , D. Fedele , P. Hofverberg , S. V. Koldashov , S. Yu. Krutkov , A. N. Kvashnin , J. Lund , J. Lundquist , O. Maksumov , V. Malvezzi , L. Marcelli , W. Menn , V. V. Mikhailov , M. Minori , S. Misin , E. Mocchiutti , A. Morselli , N. N. Nikonov , S. Orsi , G. Osteria , P. Papini , M. Pearce , M. Ricci , S. B. Ricciarini , M. F. Runtso , S. Russo , M. Simon , R. Sparvoli , P. Spillantini , Yu. I. Stozhkov , E. Taddei , A. Vacchi , E. Vannuccini , S. A. Voronov , Y. T. Yurkin , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , V. G. Zverev

The Pamela Cosmic Ray Space Observatory: Detector, Objectives and First Results

PAMELA is a satellite borne experiment designed to study with great accuracy cosmic rays of galactic, solar, and trapped nature in a wide energy range (protons: 80 MeV-700 GeV, electrons 50 MeV-400 GeV). Main objective is the study of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-08 M. Casolino , The Pamela collaboration

Two years of flight of the Pamela experiment: results and perspectives

PAMELA is a satellite borne experiment designed to study with great accuracy cosmic rays of galactic, solar, and trapped nature in a wide energy range (protons: 80 MeV-700 GeV, electrons 50 MeV-400 GeV). Main objective is the study of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 M. Casolino , Pamela Collaboration

Launch of the Space experiment PAMELA

PAMELA is a satellite borne experiment designed to study with great accuracy cosmic rays of galactic, solar, and trapped nature in a wide energy range protons: 80 MeV-700 GeV, electrons 50 MeV-400 GeV). Main objective is the study of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 M. Casolino , P. Picozza , F. Altamura , A. Basili , N. De Simone , V. Di Felice , M. P. De Pascale , L. Marcelli , M. Minori , M. Nagni , R. Sparvoli , A. M. Galper , V. V. Mikhailov , M. F. Runtso , S. A. Voronov , Y. T. Yurkin , V. G. Zverev , G. Castellini , O. Adriani , L. Bonechi , M. Bongi , E. Taddei , E. Vannuccini , D. Fedele , P. Papini , S. B. Ricciarini , P. Spillantini , M. Ambriola , F. Cafagna , C. De Marzo , G. C. Barbarino , D. Campana , G. De Rosa , G. Osteria , S. Russo , G. A. Bazilevskaja , A. N. Kvashnin , O. Maksumov , S. Misin , Yu. I. Stozhkov , E. A. Bogomolov , S. Yu. Krutkov , N. N. Nikonov , V. Bonvicini , M. Boezio , J. Lundquist , E. Mocchiutti , A. Vacchi , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , L. Bongiorno , M. Ricci , P. Carlson , P. Hofverberg , J. Lund , S. Orsi , M. Pearce , W. Menn , M. Simon

First Results from the PAMELA Space Mission

On the 15th of June 2006, the PAMELA satellite-borne experiment was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome and it has been collecting data since July 2006. The apparatus comprises a time-of-flight system, a silicon-microstrip magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-10-21 M. Boezio , V. Bonvicini , G. Jerse , E. Mocchiutti , A. Vacchi , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , O. Adriani , M. Bongi , L. Bonechi , S. Bottai , D. Fedele , P. Papini , S. B. Ricciarini , P. Spillantini , E. Taddei , E. Vannuccini , G. C. Barbarino , D. Campana , R. Carbone , G. Osteria , G. A. Bazilevskaya , A. N. Kvashnin , Y. I. Stozhkov , R. Bellotti , A. Bruno , F. Cafagna , E. A. Bogomolov , S. Y. Krutkov , G. Vasilyev , S. Borisov , M. Casolino , M. P. De Pascale , N. De Simone , V. Di Felice , V. Malvezzi , L. Marcelli , N. Nikonov , P. Picozza , R. Sparvoli , P. Carlson , P. Hofverberg , S. Orsi , M. Pearce , G. Castellini , A. M. Galper , L. Grishantseva , A. Leonov , S. V. Koldashov , V. V. Mikhailov , S. A. Voronov , Y. T. Yurkin , V. G. Zverev , W. Menn , M. Simon , M. Ricci

Cosmic-Ray Positron Identification with the PAMELA experiment

The PAMELA satellite borne experiment is designed to study cosmic rays with great accuracy in a wide energy range. One of PAMELA's main goal is the study of the antimatter component of cosmic rays. The experiment, housed on board the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-07-26 O. Adriani , G. C. Barbarino , G. A. Bazilevskaya , R. Bellotti , A. Bianco , M. Boezio , E. A. Bogomolov , M. Bongi , V. Bonvicini , S. Bottai , A. Bruno , F. Cafagna , D. Campana , R. Carbone , P. Carlson , M. Casolino , G. Castellini , C. De Santis , M. P. De Pascale , C. De Donato , N. De Simone , V. Di Felice , V. Formato , A. M. Galper , A. V. Karelin , S. V. Koldashov , S. Koldobskiy , S. Yu. Krut'kov , A. N. Kvashnin , A. Leonov , V. Malakhov , L. Marcelli , M. Martucci , A. G. Mayorov , W. Menn , M. Merge` , V. V. Mikhailov , E. Mocchiutti , A. Monaco , N. Mori , R. Munini , G. Osteria , F. Palma , P. Papini , M. Pearce , P. Picozza , C. Pizzolotto , M. Ricci , S. B. Ricciarini , L. Rossetto , R. Sarkar , M. Simon , V. Scotti , R. Sparvoli , P. Spillantini , S. J. Stochaj , J. C. Stockton , Y. I. Stozhkov , A. Vacchi , E. Vannuccini , G. Vasilyev , S. A. Voronov , Y. T. Yurkin , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , V. G. Zverev

The PAMELA Space Experiment

The 15th of June 2006, the PAMELA satellite-borne experiment was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome and it has been collecting data since July 2006. The apparatus comprises a time-of-flight system, a silicon-microstrip magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-05-18 E. Mocchiutti , O. Adriani , G. C. Barbarino , G. A. Bazilevskaya , R. Bellotti , M. Boezio , E. A. Bogomolov , L. Bonechi , M. Bongi , V. Bonvicini , S. Borisov , S. Bottai , A. Bruno , F. Cafagna , D. Campana , R. Carbone , P. Carlson , M. Casolino , G. Castellini , M. P. De Pascale , N. De Simone , V. Di Felice , A. M. Galper , W. Gillard , L. Grishantseva , P. Hofverberg , G. Jerse , S. V. Koldashov , S. Y. Krutkov , A. N. Kvashnin , A. Leonov , O. Maksumov , V. Malvezzi , L. Marcelli , W. Menn , V. V. Mikhailov , N. N. Nikonov , G. Osteria , P. Papini , M. Pearce , P. Picozza , M. Ricci , S. B. Ricciarini , L. Rossetto , M. Runtso , M. Simon , R. Sparvoli , P. Spillantini , Y. I. Stozhkov , A. Vacchi , E. Vannuccini , G. Vasilyev , S. A. Voronov , J. Wu , Y. T. Yurkin , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , V. G. Zverev

Detection of the high energy component of Jovian electrons in Low Earth Orbit with the PAMELA experiment

The PAMELA experiment is devoted to the study of cosmic rays in Low Earth Orbit with an apparatus optimized to perform a precise determination of the galactic antimatter component of c.r. It is constituted by a number of detectors built…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Casolino , N. De Simone , V. Di Felice , P. Picozza

Search for anisotropies in cosmic-ray positrons detected by the PAMELA experiment

The PAMELA detector was launched on board of the Russian Resurs-DK1 satellite on June 15, 2006. Data collected during the first four years have been used to search for large-scale anisotropies in the arrival directions of cosmic-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-09 O. Adriani , G. C. Barbarino , G. A. Bazilevskaya , R. Bellotti , M. Boezio , E. A. Bogomolov , M. Bongi , V. Bonvicini , S. Bottai , A. Bruno , F. Cafagna , D. Campana , P. Carlson , M. Casolino , G. Castellini , C. De Donato , C. De Santis , N. De Simone , V. Di Felice , V. Formato , A. M. Galper , U. Giaccari , A. V. Karelin , S. V. Koldashov , S. Koldobskiy , S. Y. Krutkov , A. N. Kvashnin , A. Leonov , V. Malakhov , L. Marcelli , M. Martucci , A. G. Mayorov , W. Menn , M. Mergè , V. V. Mikhailov , E. Mocchiutti , A. Monaco , N. Mori , R. Munini , G. Osteria , F. Palma , B. Panico , P. Papini , M. Pearce , P. Picozza , M. Ricci , S. B. Ricciarini , R. Sarkar , V. Scotti , M. Simon , R. Sparvoli , P. Spillantini , Y. I. Stozhkov , A. Vacchi , E. Vannuccini , G. I. Vasilyev , S. A. Voronov , Y. T. Yurkin , G. Zampa , N. Zampa

A new measurement of the antiproton-to-proton flux ratio up to 100 GeV in the cosmic radiation

A new measurement of the cosmic ray antiproton-to-proton flux ratio between 1 and 100 GeV is presented. The results were obtained with the PAMELA experiment, which was launched into low-earth orbit on-board the Resurs-DK1 satellite on June…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-27 O. Adriani , G. C. Barbarino , G. A. Bazilevskaya , R. Bellotti , M. Boezio , E. A. Bogomolov , L. Bonechi , M. Bongi , V. Bonvicini , S. Bottai , A. Bruno , F. Cafagna , D. Campana , P. Carlson , M. Casolino , G. Castellini , M. P. De Pascale , G. De Rosa , D. Fedele , A. M. Galper , L. Grishantseva , P. Hofverberg , S. V. Koldashov , S. Y. Krutkov , A. N. Kvashnin , A. Leonov , V. Malvezzi , L. Marcelli , W. Menn , V. V. Mikhailov , M. Minori , E. Mocchiutti , M. Nagni , S. Orsi , G. Osteria , P. Papini , M. Pearce , P. Picozza , M. Ricci , S. B. Ricciarini , M. Simon , R. Sparvoli , P. Spillantini , Y. I. Stozhkov , E. Taddei , A. Vacchi , E. Vannuccini , G. Vasilyev , S. A. Voronov , Y. T. Yurkin , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , V. G. Zverev

Measurements of cosmic ray antiprotons with PAMELA and studies of propagation models

Studying the acceleration and propagation mechanisms of Galactic cosmic rays can provide information regarding astrophysical sources, the properties of our Galaxy, and possible exotic sources such as dark matter. To understand cosmic ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-05-23 Juan Wu

The cosmic-ray positron energy spectrum measured by PAMELA

Precision measurements of the positron component in the cosmic radiation provide important information about the propagation of cosmic rays and the nature of particle sources in our Galaxy. The satellite-borne experiment PAMELA has been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-12-05 PAMELA Collaboration , O. Adriani , G. C. Barbarino , G. A. Bazilevskaya , R. Bellotti , A. Bianco , M. Boezio , E. A. Bogomolov , M. Bongi , V. Bonvicini , S. Bottai , A. Bruno , F. Cafagna , D. Campana , R. Carbone , P. Carlson , M. Casolino , G. Castellini , C. De Donato , C. De Santis , N. De Simone , V. Di Felice , V. Formato , A. M. Galper , A. V. Karelin , S. V. Koldashov , S. A. Koldobskiy , S. Y. Krutkov , A. N. Kvashnin , A. Leonov , V. Malakhov , L. Marcelli , M. Martucci , A. G. Mayorov , W. Menn , M. Merge' , V. V. Mikhailov , E. Mocchiutti , A. Monaco , N. Mori , R. Munini , G. Osteria , F. Palma , P. Papini , M. Pearce , P. Picozza , C. Pizzolotto , M. Ricci , S. B. Ricciarini , L. Rossetto , R. Sarkar , V. Scotti , M. Simon , R. Sparvoli , P. Spillantini , S. J. Stochaj , J. C. Stockton , Y. I. Stozhkov , A. Vacchi , E. Vannuccini , G. I. Vasilyev , S. A. Voronov , Y. T. Yurkin , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , V. G. Zverev

Capability of the PAMELA Time-Of-Flight to identify light nuclei: results from a beam test calibration

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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-13 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 , .

Testing the Dark Matter Interpretation of the PAMELA Excess through Measurements of the Galactic Diffuse Emission

We propose to test the dark matter (DM) interpretation of the positron excess observed by the PAMELA cosmic-ray (CR) detector through the identification of a Galactic diffuse gamma-ray component associated to DM-induced prompt and radiative…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-09-01 Marco Regis , Piero Ullio

Time dependence of the flux of helium nuclei in cosmic rays measured by the PAMELA experiment between July 2006 and December 2009

Precise time-dependent measurements of the Z = 2 component in the cosmic radiation provide crucial information about the propagation of charged particles through the heliosphere. The PAMELA experiment, with its long flight duration (15th…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-19 N. Marcelli , M. Boezio , A. Lenni , W. Menn , R. Munini , O. P. M. Aslam , D. Bisschoff , M. D. Ngobeni , M. S. Potgieter , O. Adriani , G. C. Barbarino , G. A. Bazilevskaya , R. Bellotti , E. A. Bogomolov , M. Bongi , V. Bonvicini , A. Bruno , F. Cafagna , D. Campana , P. Carlson , M. Casolino , G. Castellini , C. De Santis , A. M. Galper , S. V. Koldashov , S. Koldobskiy , A. N. Kvashnin , A. A. Leonov , V. V. Malakhov , L. Marcelli , M. Martucci , A. G. Mayorov , M. Mergè , E. Mocchiutti , A. Monaco , N. Mori , V. V. Mikhailov , G. Osteria , B. Panico , P. Papini , M. Pearce , P. Picozza , M. Ricci , S. B. Ricciarini , M. Simon , A. Sotgiu , R. Sparvoli , P. Spillantini , Y. I. Stozhkov , A. Vacchi , E. Vannuccini , G. I. Vasilyev , S. A. Voronov , Y. T. Yurkin , G. Zampa , N. Zampa

On the Dark Matter Solutions to the Cosmic Ray Lepton Puzzle

Recent measurements of cosmic ray leptons by PAMELA, ATIC, HESS and Fermi revealed interesting excesses. Many authors suggested particle Dark Matter (DM) annihilations could be at the origin of these effects. In this paper, we critically…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Pierre Brun

PAMELA results on the cosmic-ray antiproton flux from 60 MeV to 180 GeV in kinetic energy

The satellite-borne experiment PAMELA has been used to make a new measurement of the cosmic-ray antiproton flux and the antiproton-to-proton flux ratio which extends previously published measurements down to 60 MeV and up to 180 GeV in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-21 PAMELA Collaboration , O. Adriani , G. C. Barbarino , G. A. Bazilevskaya , R. Bellotti , M. Boezio , E. A. Bogomolov , L. Bonechi , M. Bongi , V. Bonvicini , S. Borisov , S. Bottai , A. Bruno , F. Cafagna , D. Campana , R. Carbone , P. Carlson , M. Casolino , G. Castellini , L. Consiglio , M. P. De Pascale , C. De Santis , N. De Simone , V. Di Felice , A. M. Galper , W. Gillard , L. Grishantseva , P. Hofverberg , G. Jerse , A. V. Karelin , S. V. Koldashov , S. Y. Krutkov , A. N. Kvashnin , A. Leonov , V. Malvezzi , L. Marcelli , A. G. Mayorov , W. Menn , V. V. Mikhailov , E. Mocchiutti , A. Monaco , N. Mori , N. Nikonov , G. Osteria , P. Papini , M. Pearce , P. Picozza , C. Pizzolotto , M. Ricci , S. B. Ricciarini , L. Rossetto , M. Simon , R. Sparvoli , P. Spillantini , Y. I. Stozhkov , A. Vacchi , E. Vannuccini , G. Vasilyev , S. A. Voronov , J. Wu , Y. T. Yurkin , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , V. G. Zverev

Time dependence of the electron and positron components of the cosmic radiation measured by the PAMELA experiment between July 2006 and December 2015

Cosmic-ray electrons and positrons are a unique probe of the propagation of cosmic rays as well as of the nature and distribution of particle sources in our Galaxy. Recent measurements of these particles are challenging our basic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-29 O. Adriani , G. C. Barbarino , G. A. Bazilevskaya , R. Bellotti , M. Boezio , E. A. Bogomolov , M. Bongi , V. Bonvicini , S. Bottai , A. Bruno , F. Cafagna , D. Campana , P. Carlson , M. Casolino , G. Castellini , C. De Santis , V. Di Felice , A. M. Galper , A. V. Karelin , S. V. Koldashov , S. A. Koldobskiy , S. Y. Krutkov , A. N. Kvashnin , A. Leonov , V. Malakhov , L. Marcelli , M. Martucci , A. G. Mayorov , W. Menn , M. Merge , V. V. Mikhailov , E. Mocchiutti , A. Monaco , N. Mori , R. Munini , G. Osteria , B. Panico , P. Papini , M. Pearce , P. Picozza , M. Ricci , S. B. Ricciarini , M. Simon , R. Sparvoli , P. Spillantini , Y. I. Stozhkov , A. Vacchi , E. Vannuccini , G. I. Vasilyev , S. A. Voronov , Y. T. Yurkin , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , M. S. Potgieter , E. E. Vos

Results on high energy galactic cosmic rays from the DAMPE space mission

DAMPE (Dark Matter Particle Explorer) is a satellite-born experiment launched in 2015 in a sun-synchronous orbit at 500 km altitude, and it has been taking data in stable conditions ever since. Its main goals include the spectral…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-22 Leandro Silveri

Secondary positrons and electrons measured by PAMELA experiment

We present a measurements of electron and positron fluxes below the geomagnetic cutoff rigidity in wide energy range from 50 MeV to several GeV by the PAMELA magnetic spectrometer. The instrument was launched on June 15th 2006 on-board the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-18 V. V. Mikhailov , O. Adriani , G. Barbarino , G. A. Bazilevskaya , R. Bellotti , M. Boezio , E. A. Bogomolov , M. Bongi , V. Bonvicini , S. Bottai , A. Bruno , F. S. Cafagna , D. Campana , P. Carlson , M. Casolino , G. Castellini , C. De Donato , C. De Santis , N. De Simone , V. Di Felice , A. M. Galper , A. V. Karelin , S. V. Koldashov , S. Koldobsky , S. Yu. Krutkov , A. N. Kvashnin , A. A. Leonov , V. V. Malakhov , Yu. V. Mikhailova , L. Marcelli , M. Martucci , A. G. Mayorov , W. Menn , M. Merge , E. Mocchiutti , A. Monaco , N. Mori , R. Munini , G. Osteria , P. Papini , F. Palma , B. Panico , M. Pearce , P. Picozza , M. Ricci , S. B. Ricciarini , M. F. Runtso , M. Simon , R. Sparvoli , P. Spillantini , Yu. I. Stozhkov , A. Vacchi , E. Vannuccini , G. I. Vasiliev , S. A. Voronov , Yu. T. Yurkin , G. Zampa , N. Zampa