Acta Polytechnica (Dec 2013)
PRECISE COSMIC RAYS MEASUREMENTS WITH PAMELA
- A. Bruno,
- O. Adriani,
- G. C. Barbarino,
- G. A. Bazilevskaya,
- R. Bellotti,
- M. Boezio,
- E. A. Bogomolov,
- M. Bongi,
- V. Bonvicini,
- S. Borisov,
- S. Bottai,
- 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,
- G. Jerse,
- A. V. Karelin,
- M. D. Kheymits,
- S. V. Koldashov,
- S. Y. Krutkov,
- A. N. Kvashnin,
- A. Leonov,
- V. Malakhov,
- L. Marcelli,
- A. G. Mayorov,
- W. Menn,
- V. V. Mikhailov,
- E. Mocchiutti,
- A. Monaco,
- N. Mori,
- N. Nikonov,
- G. Osteria,
- F. Palma,
- P. Papini,
- M. Pearce,
- P. Picozza,
- C. Pizzolotto,
- M. Ricci,
- S. B. Ricciarini,
- L. Rossetto,
- R. Sarkar,
- M. Simon,
- R. Sparvoli,
- P. Spillantini,
- Y. I. Stozhkov,
- A. Vacchi,
- E. Vannuccini,
- G. Vasilyev,
- S. A. Voronov,
- Y. T. Yurkin,
- J. Wu,
- G. Zampa,
- N. Zampa,
- V. G. Zverev
Affiliations
- A. Bruno
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari
- O. Adriani
- University of Florence, Department of Physics, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence; INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence
- G. C. Barbarino
- University of Naples “Federico II”, Department of Physics, I-80126 Naples; INFN, Sezione di Naples, I-80126 Naples
- G. A. Bazilevskaya
- Lebedev Physical Institute, RU-119991, Moscow
- R. Bellotti
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari; University of Bari, Department of Physics, I-70126 Bari
- M. Boezio
- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste
- E. A. Bogomolov
- Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, RU-194021 St. Petersburg
- M. Bongi
- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence
- V. Bonvicini
- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste
- S. Borisov
- INFN, Sezione di Rome “Tor Vergata”, I-00133 Rome; University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of Physics, I-00133 Rome
- S. Bottai
- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence
- F. Cafagna
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari
- D. Campana
- INFN, Sezione di Naples, I-80126 Naples
- R. Carbone
- INFN, Sezione di Naples, I-80126 Naples; University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of Physics, I-00133 Rome
- P. Carlson
- mKTH, Department of Physics, and the Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova University Centre, SE-10691 Stockholm
- M. Casolino
- INFN, Sezione di Rome “Tor Vergata”, I-00133 Rome
- G. Castellini
- IFAC, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence
- L. Consiglio
- INFN, Sezione di Naples, I-80126 Naples
- M. P. De Pascale
- INFN, Sezione di Rome “Tor Vergata”, I-00133 Rome; University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of Physics, I-00133 Rome
- C. De Santis
- INFN, Sezione di Rome “Tor Vergata”, I-00133 Rome; University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of Physics, I-00133 Rome
- N. De Simone
- INFN, Sezione di Rome “Tor Vergata”, I-00133 Rome; University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of Physics, I-00133 Rome
- V. Di Felice
- INFN, Sezione di Rome “Tor Vergata”, I-00133 Rome
- A. M. Galper
- NRNU MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow
- W. Gillard
- mKTH, Department of Physics, and the Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova University Centre, SE-10691 Stockholm
- L. Grishantseva
- NRNU MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow
- G. Jerse
- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste; University of Trieste, Department of Physics, I-34147 Trieste
- A. V. Karelin
- NRNU MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow
- M. D. Kheymits
- NRNU MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow
- S. V. Koldashov
- NRNU MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow
- S. Y. Krutkov
- Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, RU-194021 St. Petersburg
- A. N. Kvashnin
- Lebedev Physical Institute, RU-119991, Moscow
- A. Leonov
- NRNU MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow
- V. Malakhov
- NRNU MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow
- L. Marcelli
- INFN, Sezione di Rome “Tor Vergata”, I-00133 Rome
- A. G. Mayorov
- NRNU MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow
- W. Menn
- Universitat Siegen, Department of Physics, D-57068 Siegen
- V. V. Mikhailov
- NRNU MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow
- E. Mocchiutti
- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
- A. Monaco
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy; INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- N. Mori
- University of Florence, Department of Physics, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy; INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- N. Nikonov
- Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, RU-194021 St. Petersburg, Russia; INFN, Sezione di Rome “Tor Vergata”, I-00133 Rome, Italy; University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of Physics, I-00133 Rome, Italy
- G. Osteria
- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- F. Palma
- j INFN, Sezione di Rome “Tor Vergata”, I-00133 Rome, Italy; k University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of Physics, I-00133 Rome, Italy
- P. Papini
- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- M. Pearce
- mKTH, Department of Physics, and the Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova University Centre, SE-10691 Stockholm,
- P. Picozza
- INFN, Sezione di Rome “Tor Vergata”, I-00133 Rome, Italy; k University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of Physics, I-00133 Rome, Italy
- C. Pizzolotto
- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
- M. Ricci
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
- S. B. Ricciarini
- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- L. Rossetto
- KTH, Department of Physics, and the Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova University Centre, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
- R. Sarkar
- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
- M. Simon
- Universitat Siegen, Department of Physics, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
- R. Sparvoli
- INFN, Sezione di Rome “Tor Vergata”, I-00133 Rome, Italy; k University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of Physics, I-00133 Rome, Italy
- P. Spillantini
- University of Florence, Department of Physics, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy; c INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- Y. I. Stozhkov
- Lebedev Physical Institute, RU-119991, Moscow, Russia
- A. Vacchi
- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
- E. Vannuccini
- INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- G. Vasilyev
- Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, RU-194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
- S. A. Voronov
- NRNU MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow, Russia
- Y. T. Yurkin
- NRNU MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow, Russia
- J. Wu
- KTH, Department of Physics, and the Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova University Centre, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
- G. Zampa
- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
- N. Zampa
- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
- V. G. Zverev
- NRNU MEPhI, RU-115409 Moscow, Russia
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14311/AP.2013.53.0712
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 53,
no. A
Abstract
The PAMELA experiment was launched on board the Resurs-DK1 satellite on June 15th 2006. The apparatus was designed to conduct precision studies of charged cosmic radiation over a wide energy range, from tens of MeV up to several hundred GeV, with unprecedented statistics. In five years of continuous data taking in space, PAMELA accurately measured the energy spectra of cosmic ray antiprotons and positrons, as well as protons, electrons and light nuclei, sometimes providing data in unexplored energetic regions. These important results have shed new light in several astrophysical fields like: an indirect search for Dark Matter, a search for cosmological antimatter (anti-Helium), and the validation of acceleration, transport and secondary production models of cosmic rays in the Galaxy. Some of the most important items of Solar and Magnetospheric physics were also investigated. Here we present the most recent results obtained by the PAMELA experiment.
