Primary electron and positron fluxes measured by the PAMELA experiment

V. V. Mikhailov, O. Adriani, G. A. Bazilevskaya, G. C. Barbarino, R. Belotti, M. Boezio, E. A. Bogomolov, V. Bonvicini, M. Bongi, L. Bonechi, S. V. Borisov, S. Bottai, A. Bruno, F. Cafagna, D. Campana, R. Carbone, P. Carlson, M. Casolino, L. A. Crishantseva, I. A. DanilchenkoM. P. De Pascale, V. Di Felice, A. M. Galper, G. Gastellini, W. Gillard, G. Jerse, A. V. Karelin, S. V. Koldashov, S. A. Koldobsky, S. Yu Krutkov, A. N. Kvashnin, A. A. Leonov, V. V. Malakhov, V. Malvezzi, L. Marcelli, A. G. Mayorov, W. Menn, E. Mocchiutti, N. Mori, N. V. Nikonov, G. Osteria, P. Papini, M. Pearce, P. Picozza, P. Pizzolotto, M. Ricci, S. Ricciarini, M. F. Runtso, M. Simon, N. De Simone, R. Sparvoli, P. Spillantini, Yu I. Stozhkov, A. Vacchi, E. Vannuccini, G. I. Vasilyev, S. A. Voronov, Y. Wu, Yu T. Yurkin, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, V. G. Zverev

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Abstract

The PAMELA experiment is being conducted on board the RESURS DK1 satellite, launched into a near-Earth, near-polar orbit with an altitude of 350-610 km and an inclination of 70° on June 15, 2006. The apparatus comprises a magnetic spectrometer, an electromagnetic calorimeter (16X 0), a time-of-flight system, a neutron detector, an anticoincidence system, and a shower tail scintillator. It allows measurements of electron and positron fluxes in cosmic rays over a wide energy range of ∼100 MeV to several hundreds of GeVs. In this work, we present data on the electron and positron energy spectra in primary cosmic rays, obtained between June 2006 and December 2008.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)316-318
Number of pages3
JournalBulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics
Volume75
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2011
Externally publishedYes

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Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to the RF Space Agency ROSKOSMOS, the Research Center for Earth Oper ative Monitoring, the Samara Space Center “TsSKB Progress,” the INFN, and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant nos. 10 02 01301a and 09 02 00394a) for their support and assistance in performing the experiment.

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