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H, He, Li and Be Isotopes in the PAMELA-Experiment
- Source :
- International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ICPPA 2015, Moscow; Russian Federation, 05/10/2015, 10/10/2015, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Menn W.; 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.; Carlson P.; Casolino M.; Castellini G.; De Donato C.; De Santis C.; De Simone N.; Di Felice V.; Formato V.; Galper A.M.; Karelin A.V.; Koldashov S.V.; Koldobskiy S.; Krutkov S.Y.; Kvashnin A.N.; Leonov A.; Malakhov V.; Marcelli L.; Martucci M.; Mayorov A.G.; Merge M.; Mikhailov V.; Mocchiutti E.; Monaco A.; Mori N.; Munini R.; Osteria G.; Palma F.; Panico B.; Papini P.; Pearce M.; Picozza P.; Ricci M.; Ricciarini S.B.; Sarkar R.; Scotti V.; Simon M.; Sparvoli R.; Spillantini P.; Stozhkov Y.I.; Vacchi A.; Vannuccini E.; Vasilyev G.; Voronov S.A.; Yurkin Y.T.; Zampa G.; Zampa N.; Potgieter M.S.; Vos E.E./congresso_nome:International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ICPPA 2015/congresso_luogo:Moscow; Russian Federation/congresso_data:05%2F10%2F2015, 10%2F10%2F2015/anno:2016/pagina_da:/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- 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 spectrometer, a silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter, an anti-coincidence system, a shower tail counter scintillator and a neutron detector. The scientific objectives addressed by the mission are the measurement of the antiprotons and positrons spectra in cosmic rays, the hunt for antinuclei as well as the determination of light nuclei fluxes from hydrogen to oxygen in a wide energy range and with very high statistics. In this paper the identification capability for light nuclei isotopes using two different detector systems (Time-of-Flight and multiple dE/dx measurements in the calorimeter) and preliminary results of the isotopic ratios will be presented.
- Subjects :
- Physics
History
Calorimeter (particle physics)
Spectrometer
PAMELA detector
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Settore FIS/04
Cosmic ray
Astrophysics
Scintillator
Computer Science Applications
Education
law.invention
Nuclear physics
Physics and Astronomy (all)
Antiproton
law
Scintillation counter
Neutron detection
High Energy Physics::Experiment
Calorimeters
Cosmic ray measurement
Cosmic rays
Cosmology
High energy physics
Isotopes
Particle detectors
Nuclear Experiment
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ICPPA 2015, Moscow; Russian Federation, 05/10/2015, 10/10/2015, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Menn W.; 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.; Carlson P.; Casolino M.; Castellini G.; De Donato C.; De Santis C.; De Simone N.; Di Felice V.; Formato V.; Galper A.M.; Karelin A.V.; Koldashov S.V.; Koldobskiy S.; Krutkov S.Y.; Kvashnin A.N.; Leonov A.; Malakhov V.; Marcelli L.; Martucci M.; Mayorov A.G.; Merge M.; Mikhailov V.; Mocchiutti E.; Monaco A.; Mori N.; Munini R.; Osteria G.; Palma F.; Panico B.; Papini P.; Pearce M.; Picozza P.; Ricci M.; Ricciarini S.B.; Sarkar R.; Scotti V.; Simon M.; Sparvoli R.; Spillantini P.; Stozhkov Y.I.; Vacchi A.; Vannuccini E.; Vasilyev G.; Voronov S.A.; Yurkin Y.T.; Zampa G.; Zampa N.; Potgieter M.S.; Vos E.E./congresso_nome:International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ICPPA 2015/congresso_luogo:Moscow; Russian Federation/congresso_data:05%2F10%2F2015, 10%2F10%2F2015/anno:2016/pagina_da:/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b31060f5f697e406a70a40a0b900a3cd