[FPSPACE] Two years of flight of the Pamela experiment: results and perspectives

[LARRY KLAES]

Two years of flight of the Pamela experiment: results and perspectives

Authors: M. Casolino, Pamela Collaboration

(Submitted on 28 Oct 2008)

Abstract: PAMELA is a satellite borne experiment designed to study with 
great accuracy cosmic rays of galactic, solar, and trapped nature in a wide 
energy range (protons: 80 MeV-700 GeV, electrons 50 MeV-400 GeV). Main 
objective is the study of the antimatter component: antiprotons (80 MeV-190 
GeV), positrons (50 MeV-270 GeV) and search for antinuclei with a precision 
of the order of $10^{-8}$).

The experiment, housed on board the Russian Resurs-DK1 satellite, was 
launched on June, $15^{th}$ 2006 in a $350\times 600 km$ orbit with an 
inclination of 70 degrees.

In this work we describe the scientific objectives and the performance of 
PAMELA in its first two years of operation. Data on protons of trapped, 
secondary and galactic nature - as well as measurements of the December 
$13^{th}$ 2006 Solar Particle Event - are also provided.

Comments: To appear on J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. as part of the proceedings of the 
International Workshop on Advances in Cosmic Ray Science March, 17-19, 2008 
Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

Cite as: arXiv:0810.4980v1 [astro-ph]

Submission history

From: Marco Casolino [view email]

[v1] Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:18:18 GMT (2989kb)

http://arxiv.org/abs/0810.4980