PAMELA is a space telescope orbiting around the Earth since June 2006. The scientific objectives addressed by the mission are the measurement of the antiprotons and positrons spectra in cosmic rays, the hunt for anti-nuclei 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 charge discrimination capabilities of the PAMELA Time-Of-Flight system for light nuclei, determined during a beam test calibration, will be presented. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Campana, D., Carbone, R., De Rosa, G., Osteria, G., Russo, S., Menn, W., et al. (2009). Capability of the PAMELA Time-Of-Flight to identify light nuclei: Results from a beam test calibration. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 598(3), 696-701 [10.1016/j.nima.2008.10.014].

Capability of the PAMELA Time-Of-Flight to identify light nuclei: Results from a beam test calibration

PICOZZA, PIERGIORGIO;SPARVOLI, ROBERTA;
2009-01-01

Abstract

PAMELA is a space telescope orbiting around the Earth since June 2006. The scientific objectives addressed by the mission are the measurement of the antiprotons and positrons spectra in cosmic rays, the hunt for anti-nuclei 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 charge discrimination capabilities of the PAMELA Time-Of-Flight system for light nuclei, determined during a beam test calibration, will be presented. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
2009
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Sì, ma tipo non specificato
Settore FIS/04 - FISICA NUCLEARE E SUBNUCLEARE
English
Abundances; Cosmic rays; Satellite-borne experiment; Scintillation detectors
Calibration; Cosmic rays; Hydrogen; Ionizing radiation; Light emission; Luminescence; Negative ions; Neutron detectors; Oxygen; Particle detectors; Satellite observatories; Scintillation; Scintillation counters; Spacecraft observatories; Abundances; Anti-protons; Beam tests; Discrimination capabilities; Flight systems; Light nucleuses; Scientific objectives; Scintillation detectors; Wide energy ranges; Cosmology
Campana, D., Carbone, R., De Rosa, G., Osteria, G., Russo, S., Menn, W., et al. (2009). Capability of the PAMELA Time-Of-Flight to identify light nuclei: Results from a beam test calibration. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 598(3), 696-701 [10.1016/j.nima.2008.10.014].
Campana, D; Carbone, R; De Rosa, G; Osteria, G; Russo, S; Menn, W; Malvezzi, V; Marcelli, L; Picozza, P; Sparvoli, R; Bonechi, L; Bongi, M; Ricciarini, S; Vannuccini, E
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