PAMELA - A payload for antimatter matter exploration and light-nuclei astrophysics
- Picozza, P.
- Galper, A. M.
- Castellini, G.
- Adriani, O.
- Altamura, F.
- Ambriola, M.
- Barbarino, G. C.
- Basili, A.
- Bazilevskaja, G. A.
- Bencardino, R.
- Boezio, M.
- Bogomolov, E. A.
- Bonechi, L.
- Bongi, M.
- Bongiorno, L.
- Bonvicini, V.
- Cafagna, F.
- Campana, D.
- Carlson, P.
- Casolino, M.
- De Marzo, C.
- De Pascale, M. P.
- De Rosa, G.
- Fedele, D.
- Hofverberg, P.
- Koldashov, S. V.
- Krutkov, S. Yu.
- Kvashnin, A. N.
- Lund, J.
- Lundquist, J.
- Maksumov, O.
- Malvezzi, V.
- Marcelli, L.
- Menn, W.
- Mikhailov, V. V.
- Minori, M.
- Misin, S.
- Mocchiutti, E.
- Morselli, A.
- Nikonov, N. N.
- Orsi, S.
- Osteria, G.
- Papini, P.
- Pearce, M.
- Ricci, M.
- Ricciarini, S. B.
- Runtso, M. F.
- Russo, S.
- Simon, M.
- Sparvoli, R.
- Spillantini, P.
- Stozhkov, Yu. I.
- Taddei, E.
- Vacchi, A.
- Vannuccini, E.
- Voronov, S. A.
- Yurkin, Y. T.
- Zampa, G.
- Zampa, N.
- Zverev, V. G.
DOIAbstract
The PAMELA experiment is a satellite-borne apparatus designed to study charged particles in the cosmic radiation with a particular focus on antiparticles. PAMELA is mounted on the Resurs DK1 satellite that was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on June 15th 2006. The PAMELA apparatus comprises a time-of-flight system, a magnetic spectrometer, a silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter, an anticoincidence system, a shower tail catcher scintillator and a neutron detector. The combination of these devices allows antiparticles to be reliably identified from a large background of other charged particles. This paper reviewsthe design, space qualification and on-ground performance of PAMELA. The in-orbit performance will be discussed in fut...
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