The pamela experiment: Five years of cosmic rays investigation

E. Mocchiutti, M. Boezio, V. Bonvicini, R. Sarkar, C. Pizzolotto, A. Vacchi, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, R. Carbone, V. Formato, G. Jerse, S. Borisov, N. De Simone, V. Di Felice, N. N. Nikonov, F. Palma, P. Picozza, R. Sparvoli, M. Casolino, M. P. DepascaleC. De Santis, V. Malvezzi, L. Marcelli, O. Adriani, L. Bonechi, P. Spillantini, M. Bongi, S. Bottai, N. Mori, P. Papini, S. B. Ricciarini, E. Vannuccini, G. C. Barbarino, D. Campana, L. Consiglio, G. Osteria, G. A. Bazilevskaya, A. N. Kvashnin, O. Maksumov, Y. I. Stozhkov, R. Bellotti, A. Bruno, A. Monaco, F. Cafagna, E. A. Bogomolov, S. Y. Krutkov, G. Vasilyev, P. Carlson, M. Pearce, L. Rossetto, J. Wu, G. Castellini, A. M. Galper, L. Grishantseva, A. V. Karelin, S. V. Koldashov, A. Leonov, V. Malakhov, A. G. Mayorov, V. V. Mikhailov, M. Runtso, S. A. Voronov, Y. T. Yurkin, V. G. Zverev, M. Ricci, W. Menn, M. Simon

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Abstract

In five years of data taking in space, the PAMELA experiment collected very interesting data on the charged cosmic radiation over a wide energy range (from 100 MeV up to 1 TeV, depending from the species) with unprecedent statistics. The apparatus comprises a time-of-flight system, a silicon-microstrip magnetic spectrometer, a silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter, an anticoincidence system, a shower tail counter scintillator and a neutron detector. PAMELA is providing fundamental data not only to search for dark matter signals but also to better understand cosmic-ray propagation models. Main results after five years of data taking will be presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAstroparticle, Particle, Space Physics and Detectors for Physics Applications - Proceedings of the 13th ICATPP Conference
PublisherWorld Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd
Pages124-133
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)981440506X, 9789814405065
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event13th International Conference on Advanced Technology and Particle Physics, ICATPP 2011 - Como, Italy
Duration: 3 Oct 20117 Oct 2011

Publication series

NameAstroparticle, Particle, Space Physics and Detectors for Physics Applications - Proceedings of the 13th ICATPP Conference

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Advanced Technology and Particle Physics, ICATPP 2011
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityComo
Period3/10/117/10/11

Keywords

  • CR composition
  • Cosmic rays
  • Energy spectra and interactions
  • Spaceborne and space research instruments

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