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1. PAMELA Measurements of Cosmic-Ray Proton and Helium Spectra

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

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2011
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2. The PAMELA space mission for antimatter and dark matter searches in space

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

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2012
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3. High-energy cosmic ray proton spectrum

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Borisov, S. V., Voronov, S. A., Galper, A. M., Grishantseva, L. A., Danil’chenko, I. A., Zverev, V. G., Karelin, A. V., Koldashev, S. V., Koldobsky, S. A., Leonov, A. A., Mayorov, A. G., Malakhov, V. V., Mikhailov, V. V., Runtso, M. F., Yurkin, Yu. T., Adriani, O., Bazilevskaya, G. A., Barbarino, G., Belotti, R., Bogomolov, E. A., Boezio, M., Bonvicini, V., Bongi, M., Bonechi, L., Bottai, S., Bruno, A., Vacchi, A., Vannuccini, E., Vasil’ev, G. V., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., Casolino, M., Campana, D., Carlson, P., Cafagna, F., Kvashnin, A. N., Malvezzi, V., Marcelli, L., Menn, W., Mocchiutti, E., Osteria, G., Papini, P., De Pascale, M. P., Picozza, P., Pearce, M., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S., Simon, M., De Simone, N., Sparvoli, R., Spilantini, P., Stozhkov, Yu. I., Di Feliche, V., and Fedele, D.

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2011
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4. Measurement of the high-energy electron and positron spectrum in the PAMELA experiment

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Borisov, S. V., Boezio, M., Voronov, S. A., Galper, A. M., Jerse, G., Karelin, A. V., Mocchiutti, E., Picozza, P., Adriani, O., Bazilevskaya, G. A., Bellotti, R., Bonvicini, V., Bonechi, L., Bottai, S., Bruno, A., Vacchi, A., Vannuccini, E., Vasil’ev, G., Wu, J., Grishantseva, L., De Pascale, M. P., De Santis, C., De Simone, N., Di Felice, V., Gillard, W., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., Zverev, V. G., Casolino, M., Campana, D., Carbone, R., Castellini, G., Carlson, P., Cafagna, F., Kvashnin, A. N., Koldashov, S. V., Consiglio, L., Krutkov, S. Yu., Leonov, A., Malvezzi, V., Marcelli, L., Menn, W., Mikhailov, V. V., Monaco, A., Mori, N., Nikonov, N., Osteria, G., Papini, P., Pearce, M., Ricciarini, S. B., Ricci, M., Rossetto, L., Simon, M., Sparvoli, R., Spillantini, P., Stozhkov, Yu. I., Hofverberg, P., and Yurkin, Yu. T.

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2010
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5. MASS-SAT: Matter-Antimatter Space Spectrometer on Satellite

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Basini, G., Candusso, M., Massimo Brancaccio, F., Ricci, M., Bocciolini, M., Spillantini, P., Wang, Yi. -F., Bongiorno, F., De Pascale, M. P., Morselli, A., Picozza, P., De Marzo, C., Erriquez, O., Barbiellini, G., Vacchi, A., Galeotti, P., Ballocchi, G., Simon, M., Carlson, P., Goret, P., and Golden, R. L.

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1990
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6. Trapped protons in SAA measured by the PAMELA experiment

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

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Magnetosphere, Cosmic rays, Radiation belt, Saa, Trapped protons
Published
2011

7. First detection of geomagnetically trapped antiprotons by the PAMELA experiment

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

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Cosmic rays, Magnetosphere, Radiation belt, SAA, Trapped antiprotons, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Physics::Space Physics, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Physics::Atomic Physics, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We present the measurement of geomagnetically trapped antiprotons in the South Atlantic Anomaly performed by the PAMELA satellite-bourne experiment. The existence of an antiproton radiation belt, predicted by several models as the product of cosmic ray interactions with the residual terrestrial atmosphere, is evidenced for the first time. PAMELA measured the antiproton spectrum in the kinetic energy range between 60 and 750 MeV, reporting a trapped antiproton flux which exceeds by about 3 orders of magnitude the interplanetary cosmic ray antiproton flux. An estimation of the mean under-cutoff antiproton flux outside radiation belts has been also provided.

Published
2011

8. NINA: a silicon detector for cosmic-ray astrophysics

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Sparvoli, R., Bidoli, V., Casolino, M., De Pascale, M. P., Furano, G., Iannucci, A., Morselli, A., Picozza, P., Reali, E., Bakaldin, A., Galper, A., Koldashov, S., Korotkov, M., Leonov, A., Mikhailov, V., Murashov, A., Voronov, S., Boezio, M., Bonvicini, V., Cirami, R., Vacchi, A., Zampa, N., Ambriola, M., Bellotti, R., Cafagna, F., Ciacio, F., Circella, M., De Marzo, C., Adriani, O., Papini, P., Piccardi, S., Spillantini, P., and Straulino, S.

Subjects
Astrophysics, Cosmic ray measurement, Satellite observatories, Silicon sensors, Space applications, Cosmic ray nuclei, Cosmic ray detectors, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Silicon technology, Cosmic ray, Particle identification, Physics::Geophysics, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, Instrumentation, Cosmic rays, Physics, Range (particle radiation), Space vehicles, Astronomy, On board, Orbit, Physics::Space Physics, Silicon detector, Polar, Satellite, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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The NINA apparatus, on board the satellite Resurs-01 n.4, has been orbiting the Earth since July 10th, 1998, in polar revolution at 1 AU. Its scientific goal is the study of the galactic, solar and anomalous components of the cosmic rays in the range 10–200 MeV/n. After a description of the instrument, results of GCR fluxes measurements and of particle identification in orbit are presented.

Published
2001

9. PAMELA mission: heralding a new era in cosmic ray physics.

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Ricciarini, S. B., Adriani, O., Barbarino, G. C., Bazilevskaya, G. A., Bellotti, R., Boezio, M., Bogomolov, E. A., Bongi, M., Bonvicini, V., Bottai, S., Bruno, A., Cafagna, F., Campana, D., Carbone, R., Carlson, P., Casolino, M., Castellini, G., De Donato, C., De Pascale, M. P., and De Santis, C.

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COSMIC rays, ASTROPHYSICAL radiation, IONIZING radiation, PARTICLE physics, SPACE environment
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After seven years of data taking in space, the experiment PAMELA is showing very interesting features in cosmic rays, namely in the fluxes of protons, helium, electrons, that might change our basic vision of the mechanisms of production, acceleration and propagation of cosmic rays in the galaxy. In addition, PAMELA measurements of [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2014
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10. Solar modulation of galactic protons and helium with the PAMELA experiment.

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FORMATO, V., BOEZIO, M., BONVICINI, V., CARBONE, R., MOCCHIUTTI, E., MUNINI, R., SARKAR, R., VACCHI, A., ZAMPA, G., ZAMPA, N., CASOLINO, M., DE DONATO, C., DE SIMONE, N., DE PASCALE, M. P., DE SANTIS, C., DI FELICE, V., MARCELLI, L., MARTUCCI, M., MERGÉ, M., and PALMA, F.

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PROTONS, HELIUM, COSMIC rays, IONIZING radiation, ASTROPHYSICAL radiation
Published
2014

11. PAMELA: Mission Status and Future Analysis Development.

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MOCCHIUTTI, E., BOEZIO, M., BONVICINI, V., CARBONE, R., FORMATO, V., MUNINI, R., SARKAR, R., VACCHI, A., ZAMPA, G., ZAMPA, N., CASOLINO, M., DE DONATO, C., DE SIMONE, N., DE PASCALE, M. P., DE SANTIS, C., DI FELICE, V., MARCELLI, L., MARTUCCI, M., MERGEI, M., and PALMA, F.

Subjects
COSMIC rays, MAGNETIC fields, SPECTRUM analysis, RADIATION, ASTROPHYSICS
Published
2014

12. Dark Matter Research and the PAMELA Space Mission.

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Picozza, P., Marcelli, L., Adriani, O., Barbarino, G. C., Bazilevskaya, G. A., Bellotti, R., Boezio, M., Bogomolov, E. A., Bonechi, L., Bongi, M., Bonvicini, V., Bottai, S., Bruno, A., Cafagna, F., Campana, D., Carlson, P., Casolino, M., Castellini, G., De Pascale, M. P., and De Rosa, G.

Subjects
DARK matter, ANTIMATTER, MAGNETIC spectrometer, NEUTRON counters, COSMIC rays
Abstract

On the 15th of June 2006, the PAMELA satellite-borne experiment was launched from the Bajkonur cosmodrome and since July 2006 it has been collected data. The core of the apparatus is a silicon-microstrip magnetic spectrometer combined with a time-of-flight system, a silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter, an anticoincidence system, a shower tail counter scintillator and a neutron detector. The overall devices allow precision studies of the charged cosmic radiation to be conducted over a wide energy range (100 MeV–100’s GeV) with high statistics. The primary scientific goal is the measurement of the antiproton and positron energy spectra in order to search for exotic sources, such as dark matter particle annihilation. PAMELA is also searching for primordial antinuclei (He). Concomitant, but not secondary, goals are the measurements of light nuclei and their isotopes for studying the energy dependence of cosmic ray lifetimes in the Galaxy, the monitoring of the solar activity and the study of the radiation belts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2009
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13. MEASUREMENT OF THE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF HYDROGEN AND HELIUM NUCLEI IN COSMIC RAYS WITH THE PAMELA EXPERIMENT.

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ADRIANI, O., BARBARINO, G. C., BAZILEVSKAYA, G. A., BELLOTTI, R., BOEZIO, M., BOGOMOLOV, E. A., BONGI, M., BONVICINI, V., BORISOV, S., BOTTAI, S., BRUNO, A., CAFAGNA, F., CAMPANA, D., CARBONE, R., CARLSON, P., CASOLINO, M., CASTELLINI, G., DANILCHENKO, I. A., DE PASCALE, M. P., and DE SANTIS, C.

Subjects
HYDROGEN isotopes, HELIUM isotopes, GALACTIC nuclei, COSMIC rays, EXPERIMENTS
Abstract

The satellite-borne experiment PAMELA has been used to make new measurements of cosmic ray H and He isotopes. he isotopic compositionwas measured between 100 and 600MeV/n for hydrogen and between 100 and 900MeV/n or helium isotopes over the 23rd solar minimum from 2006 July to 2007 December. The energy spectrum of these omponents carries fundamental information regarding the propagation of cosmic rays in the galaxy which are mpetitive with those obtained from other secondary to primary measurements such as B/C. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2013
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14. TIME DEPENDENCE OF THE PROTON FLUX MEASURED BY PAMELA DURING THE 2006 JULY-2009 DECEMBER SOLAR MINIMUM.

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ADRIANI, O., BARBARINO, G. C., BAZILEVSKAYA, G. A., BELLOTTI, R., BOEZIO, M., BOGOMOLOV, E. A., BONGI, M., BONVICINI, V., BORISOV, S., BOTTAI, S., BRUNO, A., CAFAGNA, F., CAMPANA, D., CARBONE, R., CARLSON, P., CASOLINO, M., CASTELLINI, G., DE PASCALE, M. P., DE SANTIS, C., and DE SIMONE, N.

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COSMIC rays, EARTH (Planet), SOLAR magnetic fields, HELIOSPHERE, SUN, PROTONS, SOLAR wind
Abstract

The energy spectra of galactic cosmic rays carry fundamental information regarding their origin and propagation. These spectra, when measured near Earth, are significantly affected by the solar magnetic field. A comprehensive description of the cosmic radiation must therefore include the transport and modulation of cosmic rays inside the heliosphere. During the end of the last decade, the Sun underwent a peculiarly long quiet phase well suited to study modulation processes. In this paper we present proton spectra measured from 2006 July to 2009 December by PAMELA. The large collected statistics of protons allowed the time variation to be followed on a nearly monthly basis down to 400 MV. Data are compared with a state-of-the-art three-dimensional model of solar modulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2013
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15. ABOUT SEPARATION OF HADRON AND ELECTROMAGNETIC CASCADES IN THE PAMELA CALORIMETER.

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Stozhkov, Yuri I., Basili, A., Bencardino, R., Casolino, M., De Pascale, M. P., Furano, G., Menicucci, A., M. Minori, Morselli, A., Picozza, P., Sparvoli, R., Wischnewski, R., Bakaldin, A., Galper, A. M., Koldashov, S. V., Korotkov, M. G., Mikhailov, V. V., Voronov, S. A., Yurkin, Y. T., and Adriani, O.

Subjects
NEUTRON counters, CALORIMETERS, TEMPERATURE measuring instruments, HADRON spectra, SEPARATION (Technology), PHYSICAL measurements
Abstract

Results of calibration of the PAMELA instrument at the CERN facilities are discussed. In September, 2003, the calibration of the Neutron Detector together with the Calorimeter was performed with the CERN beams of electrons and protons with energies of 20 – 180 GeV. The implementation of the Neutron Detector increases a rejection factor of hadrons from electrons about ten times. The results of calibration are in agreement with calculations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2005

16. The PAMELA Mission: Heralding a new era in precision cosmic ray physics

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D. Campana, Marco Casolino, M. P. De Pascale, A. M. Galper, N. De Simone, M. Bongi, Mirko Boezio, A. V. Karelin, G. Castellini, R. Carbone, O. Adriani, Sergey Koldobskiy, G. C. Barbarino, V. V. Malakhov, N. Zampa, S. Bottai, W. Menn, A. Bruno, G. A. Bazilevskaya, Valerio Formato, Roberta Sparvoli, Sergey Koldashov, G. Zampa, Roberto Bellotti, Alfonso Monaco, Ugo Giaccari, A. N. Kvashnin, P. Picozza, Riccardo Munini, Ritabrata Sarkar, Andrea Vacchi, P. Spillantini, Y. T. Yurkin, M. D. Kheymits, V. G. Zverev, L. Marcelli, S. A. Voronov, E. A. Bogomolov, Laura Rossetto, V. Di Felice, E. Mocchiutti, V. Bonvicini, S.Yu. Krut‘kov, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, Matteo Martucci, Juan Wu, Y. I. Stozhkov, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, C. Pizzolotto, A. G. Mayorov, M. Simon, A. A. Leonov, Marco Ricci, V. V. Mikhailov, P. Carlson, F. Cafagna, G. Osteria, Nicola Mori, C. De Santis, G. I. Vasilyev, N. N. Nikonov, Adriani, O., Barbarino, G. C., Bazilevskaya, G. A., Bellotti, R., Boezio, M., Bogomolov, E. A., Bongi, M., Bonvicini, V., Bottai, S., Bruno, A., Cafagna, F., Campana, D., Carbone, R., Carlson, P., Casolino, M., Castellini, G., De Pascale, M. P., De Santis, C., De Simone, N., Di Felice, V., Formato, V., Galper, A. M., Giaccari, U., Karelin, A. V., Kheymits, M. D., Koldashov, S. V., Koldobskiy, S., Krutkov, Y., Kvashnin, A. N., Leonov, A., Malakhov, V., Marcelli, L., Martucci, M., Mayorov, A. G., Menn, W., Mikhailov, V. V., Mocchiutti, E., Monaco, A., Mori, N., Munini, Riccardo, Nikonov, N., Osteria, G., Papini, P., Pearce, M., Piccozza, P., Pizzolotto, C., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S. B., Rossetto, L., Sarkar, R., Simon, M., Sparsoli, R., Spillantini, P., Stozhkov, Y. I., Vacchi, A., Vannuccini, E., Vasilyev, G., Voronov, S. A., Wu, J., Yurkin, Y. T., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., Zverev, V. G., O. b., Adriani, Barbarino, Giancarlo, G., Bazilevskaya, R. g., Bellotti, M., Boezio, E., Bogomolov, M. b., Bongi, V., Bonvicini, S., Bottai, A. g., Bruno, F., Cafagna, D., Campana, R. h., Carbone, P. k., Carlson, M., Casolino, G., Castellini, M. n., De, C. n., De, N. D., Simone, V. D., Felice, V. o., Formato, A., Galper, U., Giaccari, A., Karelin, M., Kheymit, S., Koldashov, S., Koldobskiy, S., Krut'Kov, A., Kvashnin, A., Leonov, V., Malakhov, L., Marcelli, M. q., Martucci, A., Mayorov, W., Menn, V., Mikhailov, E., Mocchiutti, A. g., Monaco, N. b., Mori, R. j. k, N. l. n, Osteria, Giuseppe, P., Papini, M. k., Pearce, P. n., Picozza, C. s., T., M., Ricci, S. m., Ricciarini, L. k., Rossetto, R., Sarkar, M., Simon, R. n., Sparvoli, P. b., Spillantini, Y., Stozhkov, A., Vacchi, E., Vannuccini, G., Vasilyev, S., Voronov, J. k., U., Y., Yurkin, G., Zampa, N., Zampa, and V., Zverev

Subjects
Light nucleus, Antimatter, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, General Physics and Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Particle detectors, Cosmic rays, Earth's magnetosphere, Heliosphere, Physics and Astronomy (all), Computer Science::Robotics, Physics, Settore FIS/01, Payload, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Physics::Space Physics, Earth’s magnetosphere, Satellite, Particle detector
Abstract

On the 15th of June 2006, the PAMELA (Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics) satellite-borne experiment was launched onboard the Russian Resurs-DK1 satellite by a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur space centre. The satellite was placed in a quasi-polar 70°inclination orbit at an altitude varying between 350 km and 600 km.New results on the antiparticle component of the cosmic radiation were obtained. The positron energy spectrum and positron fraction were measured from 400 MeV up to 200 GeV revealing a positron excess over the predictions of commonly used propagation models. This can be interpreted either as evidence that the propagation models should be revised or in terms of dark matter annihilation or a pulsar contribution. The antiproton spectrum was measured over the energy range from 60 MeV to 350 GeV. The antiproton spectrum is consistent with secondary production and significantly constrains dark matter models.The energy spectra of protons and helium nuclei were measured up to 1.2 TV. The spectral shapes of these two species are different and cannot be described well by a single power law. For the first time the electron spectrum was measured up to 600 GeV complementing the information obtained from the positron data. Nuclear and isotopic composition was obtained with unprecedented precision.The variation of the low energy proton, electron and positron energy spectra was measured from July 2006 until December 2009 accurately sampling the unusual conditions of the most recent solar minimum activity period (2006-2009). Low energy particle spectra were accurately measured also for various solar events that occurred during the PAMELA mission.The Earth's magnetosphere was studied measuring the particle radiation in different regions of the magnetosphere. Energy spectra and composition of sub-cutoff and trapped particles were obtained. For the first time a belt of trapped antiprotons was detected in the South Atlantic Anomaly region. The flux was found to exceed that for galactic cosmic-ray antiprotons by three order of magnitude. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.

Published
2014

17. PAMELA mission: heralding a new era in cosmic ray physics

Author

Valentina Scotti, Valerio Formato, Mirko Boezio, V. G. Zverev, E. Mocchiutti, F. Palma, C. De Donato, O. Adriani, W. Menn, Per Carlson, Alfonso Monaco, A. G. Mayorov, A. V. Karelin, M. Merge, Roberta Sparvoli, G. Castellini, M. Bongi, G. I. Vasilyev, V. V. Malakhov, Riccardo Munini, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, L. Marcelli, C. De Santis, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, G. Osteria, C. Pizzolotto, M. Simon, A. A. Leonov, P. Papini, S. A. Voronov, A. Vacchi, A. Bruno, Matteo Martucci, E. Vannuccini, M. P. De Pascale, Ritabrata Sarkar, E. A. Bogomolov, S. Yu. Krutkov, S. Bottai, Roberto Bellotti, N. De Simone, Nicola Mori, A. M. Galper, R. Carbone, A. N. Kvashnin, Sergey Koldobskiy, G. C. Barbarino, Y. T. Yurkin, Maria Teresa Ricci, F. Cafagna, M. D. Kheymits, N. Zampa, G. A. Bazilevskaya, V. V. Mikhailov, V. Di Felice, V. Bonvicini, Y. I. Stozhkov, P. Picozza, P. Spillantini, Sergey Koldashov, D. Campana, Marco Casolino, Ricciarini, S. B., Ariani, O., Barbarino, G. C., Bazilevskaya, G. A., Bellotti, R., Boezio, M., Bogomolov, E. A., Bongi, M., Bonvicini, V., Bottai, S., Bruno, A., Cafagna, F., Campana, D., Carbone, R., Carlson, P., Casolino, M., Castellini, G., Donato, C., De Pascale, M. P., De Santis, C., De Simone, N., De Felice, V., Di Formato, V., Galper, A. M., Karelin, A. V., Kheymits, M. D, Koldashov, S. V., Koldobskiy, S., Krutkov, S. Y., Kvashnin, A. N., Leonov, A., Malakhov, V., Marcelli, L., Martucci, M., Mayorov, A. G., Menn, W., Mergè, M., Mikhailov, V. V., Mocchiutti, E., Monaco, A., Mori, N., Munini, Riccardo, Osteria, G., Palma, F., Panico, B., Papini, P., Pearce, M., Picozza, P., Pizzolotto, C., Ricci, M., Sarkar, R., Simon, M., Scotti, V., Sparvoli, R., Spillantini, P., Stozhkov, Y. I., Vacchi, A., Vannuccini, E., Vasilyev, G. I., Voronov, S. A., Yurkin, Y. T., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., Zverev, V. G., Ricciarini, S., Adriani, O. b., Barbarino, Giancarlo, Bazilevskaya, G., Bellotti, R. g., Bogomolov, E., Bongi, M. b., Bruno, A. g., Casolino, M. l., Donato, C. D., M. n., De, C. n., De, Simone, N. D., Felice, V. D., Formato, V. o., Galper, A., Karelin, A., Kheymits, M., Koldashov, S., Krutkov, S., Kvashnin, A., Martucci, M. q., Mayorov, A., Merg??????, M. n., Mikhailov, V., Munini, R. o., Osteria, Giuseppe, Palma, F. n., Picozza, P. n., C. s., T, Scotti, V. d., Sparvoli, R. n., Spillantini, P. b., Stozhkov, Y., Vasilyev, G., Voronov, S., Yurkin, Y., and Zverev, V.

Subjects
Antimatter, QC1-999, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, space experiment, Dark matter, Particle detectors, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Earth's magnetosphere, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, Physics and Astronomy (all), Heliosphere, symbols.namesake, PAMELA, PAMELA, space experiment, cosmic rays, antimatter, darkmatter, Cosmic rays, Physics, COSMIC cancer database, darkmatter, Astronomy, Galaxy, Antiproton, Van Allen radiation belt, Physics::Space Physics, symbols
Abstract

After seven years of data taking in space, the experiment PAMELA is showing very interesting features in cosmic rays, namely in the fluxes of protons, helium, electrons, that might change our basic vision of the mechanisms of production, acceleration and propagation of cosmic rays in the galaxy. In addition, PAMELA measurements of cosmic antiproton and positron fluxes are setting strong constraints to the nature of Dark Matter. The continuous particle detection is allowing a constant monitoring of the solar activity and detailed study of the solar modulation for a long period, giving important improvements to the comprehension of the heliosphere mechanisms. PAMELA is also measuring the radiation environment around the Earth, and has recently discovered an antiproton radiation belt. ?????? Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2014.

Published
2014

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