Search

Your search keyword '"R. Sparvoli"' showing total 61 results
Start Over Author "R. Sparvoli" Language undetermined
61 results on '"R. Sparvoli"'

1. Observation of Anomalous Electron Fluxes Induced by GRB221009A on CSES-01 Low-energy Charged Particle Detector

Author

R. Battiston, C. Neubüser, F. M. Follega, R. Iuppa, V. Vitale, R. Ammendola, D. Badoni, S. Bartocci, A. Bazzano, S. Beolè, I. Bertello, W. J. Burger, D. Campana, A. Cicone, P. Cipollone, S. Coli, L. Conti, A. Contin, M. Cristoforetti, G. D’Angelo, F. De Angelis, C. De Donato, C. De Santis, P. Diego, A. Di Luca, E. Fiorenza, G. Gebbia, A. Lega, M. Lolli, B. Martino, M. Martucci, G. Masciantonio, M. Mergè, M. Mese, A. Morbidini, F. Nuccilli, F. Nozzoli, A. Oliva, G. Osteria, E. Papini, F. Palma, F. Palmonari, A. Parmentier, B. Panico, S. Perciballi, F. Perfetto, A. Perinelli, P. Picozza, M. Piersanti, M. Pozzato, G. Rebustini, D. Recchiuti, E. Ricci, M. Ricci, J. Rodi, A. Russi, S. B. Ricciarini, Z. Sahnoun, U. Savino, V. Scotti, X. Shen, A. Sotgiu, R. Sparvoli, S. Tofani, P. Ubertini, N. Vertolli, V. Vilona, U. Zannoni, Z. Zeren, S. Zoffoli, and P. Zuccon

Subjects
Space and Planetary Science, Settore FIS/04, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Abstract

High-energy, long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) can be generated by the core collapse of massive stars at the end of their lives. When they happen in the close-by universe they can be exceptionally bright, as seen from the Earth in the case of the recent, giant, long-lasting GRB221009A. GRB221009A was produced by a collapsing star with a redshift of 0.152: this event was observed by many gamma-ray space experiments, which also detected an extraordinary long gamma-ray afterglow. The exceptionally large fluence of the prompt emission of about 0.013 erg cm−2 illuminated a large geographical region centered on India and including Europe and Asia. We report in this paper the observation of sudden electron flux changes correlated with GRB221009A and measured by the HEPP-L charged particle detector on board the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite, which was orbiting over Europe at the time of the GRB event. The time structure of the observed electron flux closely matches the very distinctive time dependence of the photon flux associated with the main part of the emission at around 13:20 UTC on 2022 October 9. To test the origin of these signals, we set up a simplified simulation of one HEPP-L subdetector: the results of this analysis suggest that the signals observed are mostly due to electrons created within the aluminum collimator surrounding the silicon detector, providing real-time monitoring of the very intense photon fluxes. We discuss the implications of this observation for existing and forthcoming particle detectors on low Earth orbits.

Published
2023

2. Sensitivity of the GAPS Experiment to Low-energy Cosmic-ray Antiprotons

Author

F. Rogers, T. Aramaki, M. Boezio, S.E. Boggs, V. Bonvicini, G. Bridges, D. Campana, W.W. Craig, P. von Doetinchem, E. Everson, L. Fabris, S. Feldman, H. Fuke, F. Gahbauer, C. Gerrity, C.J. Hailey, T. Hayashi, A. Kawachi, M. Kozai, A. Lenni, A. Lowell, M. Manghisoni, N. Marcelli, B. Mochizuki, S.A.I. Mognet, K. Munakata, R. Munini, Y. Nakagami, J. Olson, R.A. Ong, G. Osteria, K.M. Perez, S. Quinn, V. Re, E. Riceputi, B. Roach, J. Ryan, N. Saffold, V. Scotti, Y. Shimizu, R. Sparvoli, A. Stoessl, A. Tiberio, E. Vannuccini, T. Wada, M. Xiao, M. Yamatani, K. Yee, A. Yoshida, T. Yoshida, G. Zampa, J. Zeng, and J. Zweerink

Subjects
Settore FIS/01, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Balloon-borne instrumentation, Primordial black hole, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Antiproton, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Cosmic ray, Settore ING-INF/01 - Elettronica, Dark matter, GAPS, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract

The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) is an upcoming balloon mission to measure low-energy cosmic-ray antinuclei during at least three ~35-day Antarctic flights. With its large geometric acceptance and novel exotic atom-based particle identification, GAPS will detect ~500 cosmic antiprotons per flight and produce a precision cosmic antiproton spectrum in the kinetic energy range of ~0.07-0.21 GeV/n at the top of the atmosphere. With these high statistics extending to lower energies than any previous experiment, and with complementary sources of experimental uncertainty compared to traditional magnetic spectrometers, the GAPS antiproton measurement will be sensitive to dark matter, primordial black holes, and cosmic ray propagation. The antiproton measurement will also validate the GAPS antinucleus identification technique for the antideuteron and antihelium rare-event searches. This analysis demonstrates the GAPS sensitivity to cosmic-ray antiprotons using a full instrument simulation and event reconstruction, and including solar and atmospheric effects., Comment: 11 pages, 9 figures, revision updated with addition of Figure 5 and slight changes in the text to match the version accepted by Astroparticle Physics

Published
2022
Full Text
View/download PDF

3. Cosmic Antiproton Sensitivity for the GAPS Experiment

Author

Field Rogers, T Aramaki, R Bird, T. Aramaki, R. Bird, M. Boezio, S. E. Boggs, V. Bonvicini, D. Campana, W. W. Craig, E. Everson, L. Fabris, H. Fuke, F. Gahbauer, I. Garcia, C. Gerrity, C. J. Hailey, T. Hayashi, C. Kato, A. Kawachi, S. Kobayashi, M. Kozai, A. Lenni, A. Lowell, M. Manghisoni, N. Marcelli, B. Mochizuki, S. A. I. Mognet, K. Munakata, R. Munini, Y. Nakagami, J. Olson, R. A. Ong, G. Osteria, K. Perez, S. Quinn, V. Re, E. Riceputi, B. Roach, J. A. Ryan, N. Saffold, V. Scotti, Y. Shimizu, M. Sonzogni, R. Sparvoli, A. Stoessl, A. Tiberio, E. Vannuccini, P. von Doetinchem, T. Wada, M. Xiao, M. Yamatani, A. Yoshida, T. Yoshida, G. Zampa, J. Zweerink, Aramaki, T., Bird, R., Boezio, M., Boggs, S. E., Bonvicini, V., Campana, D., Craig, W. W., Everson, E., Fabris, L., Fuke, H., Gahbauer, F., Garcia, I., Gerrity, C., Hailey, C. J., Hayashi, T., Kato, C., Kawachi, A., Kobayashi, S., Kozai, M., Lenni, A., Lowell, A., Manghisoni, M., Marcelli, N., Mochizuki, B., Mognet, S. A. I., Munakata, K., Munini, R., Nakagami, Y., Olson, J., Ong, R. A., Osteria, G., Perez, K., Quinn, S., Re, V., Riceputi, E., Roach, B., Rogers, F., Ryan, J. A., Saffold, N., Scotti, V., Shimizu, Y., Sonzogni, M., Sparvoli, R., Stoessl, A., Tiberio, A., Vannuccini, E., von Doetinchem, P., Wada, T., Xiao, M., Yamatani, M., Yoshida, A., Yoshida, T., Zampa, G., and Zweerink, J.

Subjects
Physics, Antiparticle, COSMIC cancer database, Spectrometer, Dark matter, Cosmic ray, Particle identification, Nuclear physics, cosmic rays, Antiproton, GAPS, antiproton sensitivity, Nuclear Experiment, cosmic ray, Exotic atom
Abstract

The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) experiment is a balloon payload designed to measure low-energy cosmic antinuclei during at least three $\sim$35-day Antarctic flights, with the first flight planned for December, 2022. With its large geometric acceptance and novel exotic atom-based particle identification method, GAPS will detect $\sim$1000 antiprotons per flight, producing a precision cosmic antiproton spectrum in the kinetic energy range of $0.03 - 0.23$ GeV/$n$ at float altitude (corresponding to $0.085- 0.30$ GeV/$n$ at the top of the atmosphere). With these high statistics in a measurement extending to lower energy than any previous experiment, and with orthogonal sources of systematic uncertainty compared to measurements made using traditional magnetic spectrometer techniques, the GAPS antiproton measurement will be sensitive to physics including dark matter annihilation, primordial black hole evaporation, and cosmic ray propagation. The antiproton measurement will also validate the GAPS exotic atom technique for the antideuteron and antihelium rare-event searches and provide insight into models of cosmic particle attenuation and production in the atmosphere. This contribution demonstrates the GAPS sensitivity to antiprotons using a full instrument simulation, event reconstruction, and solar and atmospheric effects.

Published
2021

4. In Search of Cosmic-Ray Antinuclei from Dark Matter with the GAPS Experiment

Author

T. Aramaki, R. Bird, M. Boezio, S. E. Boggs, V. Bonvicini, D. Campana, W. W. Craig, E. Everson, L. Fabris, H. Fuke, F. Gahbauer, I. Garcia, C. Gerrity, C. J. Hailey, T. Hayashi, C. Kato, A. Kawachi, S. Kobayashi, M. Kozai, A. Lenni, A. Lowell, M. Manghisoni, N. Marcelli, B. Mochizuki, S. A. I. Mognet, K. Munakata, R. Munini, Y. Nakagami, J. Olson, R. A. Ong, G. Osteria, K. Perez, S. Quinn, V. Re, E. Riceputi, B. Roach, F. Rogers, J. A. Ryan, N. Saffold, V. Scotti, Y. Shimizu, M. Sonzogni, R. Sparvoli, A. Stoessl, A. Tiberio, E. Vannuccini, P. von Doetinchem, T. Wada, M. Xiao, M. Yamatani, A. Yoshida, T. Yoshida, G. Zampa, J. Zweerink, Aramaki, T., Bird, R., Boezio, M., Boggs, S. E., Bonvicini, V., Campana, D., Craig, W. W., Everson, E., Fabris, L., Fuke, H., Gahbauer, F., Garcia, I., Gerrity, C., Hailey, C. J., Hayashi, T., Kato, C., Kawachi, A., Kobayashi, S., Kozai, M., Lenni, A., Lowell, A., Manghisoni, M., Marcelli, N., Mochizuki, B., Mognet, S. A. I., Munakata, K., Munini, R., Nakagami, Y., Olson, J., Ong, R. A., Osteria, G., Perez, K., Quinn, S., Re, V., Riceputi, E., Roach, B., Rogers, F., Ryan, J. A., Saffold, N., Scotti, V., Shimizu, Y., Sonzogni, M., Sparvoli, R., Stoessl, A., Tiberio, A., Vannuccini, E., von Doetinchem, P., Wada, T., Xiao, M., Yamatani, M., Yoshida, A., Yoshida, T., Zampa, G., and Zweerink, J.

Subjects
Physics, GAPS, cosmic-ray antinuclei, dark-matter search, Dark matter, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics
Abstract

The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) is the first experiment optimized to identify low energy (

Published
2021

5. Direct Measurement of the Cosmic-Ray Carbon and Oxygen Spectra from 10 GeV/n to 2.2 TeV/n with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station

Author

Toshio Terasawa, Satoshi Sugita, L. Pacini, Ryuho Kataoka, W. Ishizaki, N. Mori, Y. Uchihori, Alberto Messineo, K. Ebisawa, N. Ospina, H. Fuke, Katsuaki Asano, P. Spillantini, Michael Cherry, Yosui Akaike, Norita Kawanaka, Masaki Mori, R. Sparvoli, Shoji Torii, F. Palma, T. Hams, S. B. Ricciarini, Maria Grazia Bagliesi, Chihiro Kato, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, A. Bruno, T. Sakamoto, Sandro Gonzi, M. H. Israel, T. Tamura, J. E. Suh, Kazunori Kohri, J. Link, Holger Motz, P. Brogi, Masato Takita, O. Adriani, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Kunihito Ioka, Jun Kataoka, P. Maestro, P. S. Marrocchesi, A. A. Moiseev, Jun Nishimura, Y. Katayose, John F. Krizmanic, A. Sulaj, G. Castellini, Henric Krawczynski, G. Bigongiari, Shohei Yanagita, Y. Shimizu, Satoshi Nakahira, Y. Tsunesada, Kenji Yoshida, M. Bongi, T. G. Guzik, Eugenio Berti, A. Yoshida, W. R. Binns, G. Collazuol, Brian Rauch, J. P. Wefel, J. H. Buckley, G. A. de Nolfo, S. Miyake, M. Ichimura, N. Cannady, S. Ozawa, S. Okuno, C. Checchia, John Mitchell, Kazuoki Munakata, A. Shiomi, Yoichi Asaoka, F. Stolzi, K. Hibino, Y. Kawakubo, M. Sasaki, Katsuaki Kasahara, K. Sakai, K. Kobayashi, and J. F. Ormes

Subjects
Physics, Spectral index, Spectrometer, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, General Physics and Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Electron, Kinetic energy, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Telescope, law, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Nucleon
Abstract

In this paper, we present the measurement of the energy spectra of carbon and oxygen in cosmic rays based on observations with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) on the International Space Station from October 2015 to October 2019. Analysis, including the detailed assessment of systematic uncertainties, and results are reported. The energy spectra are measured in kinetic energy per nucleon from 10 GeV$/n$ to 2.2 TeV$/n$ with an all-calorimetric instrument with a total thickness corresponding to 1.3 nuclear interaction length. The observed carbon and oxygen fluxes show a spectral index change of $\sim$0.15 around 200 GeV$/n$ established with a significance $>3\sigma$. They have the same energy dependence with a constant C/O flux ratio $0.911\pm 0.006$ above 25 GeV$/n$. The spectral hardening is consistent with that measured by AMS-02, but the absolute normalization of the flux is about 27% lower, though in agreement with observations from previous experiments including the PAMELA spectrometer and the calorimetric balloon-borne experiment CREAM.

Published
2020

6. Spectra of solar neutrons with energies of ~10–1000 MeV in the PAMELA experiment in the flare events of 2006–2015

Author

Alfonso Monaco, C. De Santis, R. Sparvoli, Roberto Bellotti, A. M. Galper, M. Merge, Yu. T. Yurkin, G. A. Bazilevskaya, A. N. Kvashnin, S. Bottai, V. Di Felice, Per Carlson, M. Bongi, F. Cafagna, G. Castellini, Sergey Koldashov, Alexey Leonov, Matteo Martucci, V. Bonvicini, V. V. Malakhov, Andrea Vacchi, E. A. Bogomolov, N. Zampa, D. Campana, L. Marcelli, M. Simon, Yuri Stozhkov, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, O. Adriani, A. Bruno, Marco Casolino, Sergey Koldobskiy, A. V. Karelin, Marco Ricci, W. Menn, M. F. Runtso, G. C. Barbarino, Riccardo Munini, S. A. Voronov, P. Spillantini, P. Papini, Nicola Mori, A. G. Mayorov, E. Vannuccini, S. Y. Krutkov, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, G. Osteria, P. Picozza, G. I. Vasilyev, E. Mocchiutti, V. V. Mikhailov, Mirko Boezio, A. A. Kvashnin, Bogomolov, E. A., Adriani, O., Bazilevskaya, G. A., Barbarino, G. C., Bellotti, R., Boezio, M., Bonvicini, V., Bongi, M., Bottai, S., Bruno, A., Vacchi, A., Vannuccini, E., Vasilyev, G. I., Voronov, S. A., Galper, A. M., De Santis, C., Di Felice, V., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., Casolino, M., Campana, D., Karelin, A. V., Carlson, P., Castellini, G., Cafagna, F., Kvashnin, A. A., Kvashnin, A. N., Koldashov, S. V., Koldobskiy, S. A., Krutkov, S. Y., Leonov, A. A., Mayorov, A. G., Malakhov, V. V., Martucci, M., Marcelli, L., Menn, W., Merge, M., Mikhailov, V. V., Mocchiutti, E., Monaco, A., Mori, N., Munini, R., Osteria, G., Panico, B., Papini, P., Picozza, P., Pearce, M., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S. B., Runtso, M. F., Simon, M., Sparvoli, R., Spillantini, P., Stozhkov, Y. I., and Yurkin, Y. T.

Subjects
Physics Solar flare, Solar neutrons, Space experiments: Neutrons, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, Hadron, General Physics and Astronomy, Flux, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Space experiment, law, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Neutron detection, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Settore FIS/01, Physics, Solar flare, Physics::Space Physics, Flare
Abstract

The first results from measuring the spectra of solar neutrons with energies of ~10-1000 MeV in the solar flares of 2006-2015 observed by the PAMELA international space experiment are presented. The PAMELA neutron detector with 3He counters and a moderator with an area of 0.18 m2 allows us to estimate the flux of solar neutrons during solar flares. Solar neutrons with energies of ~10-1000 MeV likely occurred in 21 out of the 24 analyzed flares of 2006-2015. © 2017, Allerton Press, Inc.

Published
2017

7. Secondary positrons and electrons in near-Earth space in the PAMELA experiment

Author

A. G. Mayorov, Alfonso Monaco, S. Y. Krutkov, D. Campana, Alexey Leonov, Matteo Martucci, M. Merge, Marco Casolino, Sergey Koldobskiy, Yu. T. Yurkin, G. C. Barbarino, M. Bongi, N. Zampa, V. Bonvicini, P. Picozza, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, L. Marcelli, Andrea Vacchi, E. Mocchiutti, V. Di Felice, A. Bruno, A. A. Kvashnin, M. F. Runtso, S. A. Voronov, Sergey Koldashov, M. Simon, Mirko Boezio, Riccardo Munini, A. V. Karelin, Yuri Stozhkov, V. V. Malakhov, O. Adriani, W. Menn, G. A. Bazilevskaya, G. Osteria, P. Spillantini, S. Bottai, G. Castellini, Roberto Bellotti, A. M. Galper, E. A. Bogomolov, Marco Ricci, A. N. Kvashnin, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, G. I. Vasilyev, Nicola Mori, C. De Santis, V. V. Mikhailov, R. Sparvoli, Per Carlson, F. Cafagna, Mikhailov, V. V., Adriani, O., Bazilevskaya, G. A., Barbarino, G. C., Bellotti, R., Bogomolov, E. A., Boezio, M., Bonvicini, V., Bongi, M., Bottai, S., Bruno, A., Vacchi, A., Vannuccini, E., Vasilyev, G. I., Voronov, S. A., Galper, A. M., De Santis, C., Di Felice, V., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., Casolino, M., Campana, D., Karelin, A. V., Carlson, P., Castellini, G., Cafagna, F., Kvashnin, A. A., Kvashnin, A. N., Koldashov, S. V., Koldobskiy, S. A., Krutkov, S. Y., Leonov, A. A., Mayorov, A. G., Malakhov, V. V., Martucci, M., Marcelli, L., Menn, W., Merge, M., Mocchiutti, E., Monaco, A., Mori, N., Munini, R., Osteria, G., Panico, B., Papini, P., Picozza, P., Pearce, M., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S. B., Runtso, M. F., Simon, M., Sparvoli, R., Spillantini, P., Stozhkov, Y. I., and Yurkin, Y. T.

Subjects
Settore FIS/01, Physics, PAMELA detector, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, General Physics and Astronomy, Magnetosphere, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Electron, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Atmosphere, Physics and Astronomy (all), symbols.namesake, Atmosphere of Earth, Positron, law, Van Allen radiation belt, Physics::Space Physics, 0103 physical sciences, symbols, Cosmology, Earth (planet), Earth atmosphere, Orbits, Positrons, Radiation belts Different mechanisms, Electron flux, Magnetic spectrometers, Near-earth spaces, Secondary particles, Trapped particle, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, 010306 general physics
Abstract

Fluxes of electrons and positrons with energies above ~100 MeV in the near-Earth space are measured with the PAMELA magnetic spectrometer aboard the Resurs DK-1 satellite launched on June 15, 2006, into a quasipolar orbit with an altitude of 350–600 km and an inclination of 70°. Calculating the trajectories of detected electrons and positrons in the magnetosphere of the Earth allows us to determine their origin and isolate particles produced during interaction between cosmic rays and the residual atmosphere. Spatial distributions of albedo, quasitrapped, and trapped (in the radiation belt) positrons and electrons are presented. The ratio of positron and electron fluxes suggests that the fluxes of trapped particles of the radiation belt and quasitrapped secondary particles have different mechanisms of formation.

Published
2017

8. Evidence of energy and charge sign dependence of the recovery time for the December 2006 Forbush event measured by the PAMELA experiment

Author

D. Campana, Ian G. Richardson, Sergey Koldashov, Marco Casolino, Yu. T. Yurkin, A. V. Karelin, S. Y. Krutkov, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, S. A. Voronov, G. Castellini, Steven Stochaj, V. Di Felice, P. Papini, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, E. Vannuccini, Marco Ricci, Riccardo Munini, M. Bongi, A. G. Mayorov, Alexey Leonov, A. N. Kvashnin, P. Picozza, G. Osteria, Alfonso Monaco, R. Sparvoli, P. Spillantini, G. I. Vasilyev, O. Adriani, W. Menn, James M. Ryan, M. Merge, V. Bonvicini, Mirko Boezio, E. Mocchiutti, M. S. Potgieter, Y. I. Stozhkov, Nicola Mori, V. V. Mikhailov, L. Marcelli, Roberto Bellotti, C. De Santis, P. Carlson, A. M. Galper, A. Bruno, Sergey Koldobskiy, G. C. Barbarino, E. C. Christian, Matteo Martucci, N. Zampa, G. A. de Nolfo, G. A. Bazilevskaya, F. Cafagna, Andrea Vacchi, S. Bottai, V. V. Malakhov, M. Simon, Munini, R., Boezio, M., Bruno, A., Christian, E. C., Nolfo, G. A. D., Felice, V. D., Martucci, M., Merge, M., Richardson, I. G., Ryan, J. M., Stochaj, S., Adriani, O., Barbarino, G. C., Bazilevskaya, G. A., Bellotti, R., Bongi, M., Bonvicini, V., Bottai, S., Cafagna, F., Campana, D., Carlson, P., Casolino, M., Castellini, G., Santis, C. D., Galper, A. M., Karelin, A. V., Koldashov, S. V., Koldobskiy, S., Krutkov, S. Y., Kvashnin, A. N., Leonov, A., Malakhov, V., Marcelli, L., Mayorov, A. G., Menn, W., Mikhailov, V. V., Mocchiutti, E., Monaco, A., Mori, N., Osteria, G., Panico, B., Papini, P., Pearce, M., Picozza, P., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S. B., 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., and Potgieter, M. S.

Subjects
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, cosmic rays, Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs), Sun: heliosphere, Sun: particle emission, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Physics - Space Physics, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, cosmic ray, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Settore FIS/04, Space Physics (physics.space-ph), Physics::Space Physics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Event (particle physics), Sign (mathematics)
Abstract

New results on the short-term galactic cosmic-ray (GCR) intensity variation (Forbish decrease) in 2006 December measured by the PAMELA instrument are presented. Forbush decreases are sudden suppressions of the GCR intensities, which are associated with the passage of interplanetary transients such as shocks and interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs). Most of the past measurements of this phenomenon were carried out with groundbased detectors such as neutron monitors or muon telescopes. These techniques allow only the indirect detection of the overall GCR intensity over an integrated energy range. For the first time, thanks to the unique features of the PAMELA magnetic spectrometer, the Forbush decrease, commencing on 2006 December 14 and following a CME at the Sun on 2006 December 13, was studied in a wide rigidity range (0.4-20 GV) and for different species of GCRs detected directly in space. The daily averaged GCR proton intensity was used to investigate the rigidity dependence of the amplitude and the recovery time of the Forbush decrease. Additionally, for the first time, the temporal variations in the helium and electron intensities during a Forbush decrease were studied. Interestingly, the temporal evolutions of the helium and proton intensities during the Forbush decrease were found to be in good agreement, while the low rigidity electrons (

Published
2018
Full Text
View/download PDF

9. Search for a positron anisotropy with PAMELA experiment

Author

Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, A. V. Karelin, E. Vannuccini, D. Campana, P. Spillantini, G. Osteria, Marco Casolino, V. Di Felice, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, Sergey Koldobskiy, G. C. Barbarino, Riccardo Munini, N. De Simone, R. Sparvoli, E. Mocchiutti, Alfonso Monaco, Maria Teresa Ricci, F. Cafagna, Matteo Martucci, V. Bonvicini, Nicola Mori, O. Adriani, Y. I. Stozhkov, M. Merge, S. V. Koldashov, Y. T. Yurkin, V. V. Malakhov, S. Y. Krutkov, W. Menn, L. Marcelli, V. V. Mikhailov, A. M. Galper, A. Vacchi, S. Bottai, N. Zampa, M. Simon, G. A. Bazilevskaya, A. G. Mayorov, Valerio Formato, A. Bruno, A. A. Leonov, Valentina Scotti, Roberto Bellotti, M. Bongi, P. Picozza, A. N. Kvashnin, Mirko Boezio, S. A. Voronov, Ritabrata Sarkar, G. I. Vasilyev, E. A. Bogomolov, Per Carlson, Ugo Giaccari, G. Castellini, F. Palma, C. De Santis, and C. De Donato

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Positron, Earth's magnetic field, Pulsar, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Isotropy, Physics::Accelerator Physics, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Electron, Anisotropy, General Environmental Science
Abstract

The PAMELA experiment has been collecting data since 2006; its results indicate a rise in the positron fraction with respect to the sum of electrons and positrons in the cosmic-ray (CR) spectrum above 10 GeV. This excess can be due to additional sources, as SNRs or pulsars, which can lead to an anisotropy in the local CR positron, detectable from current experiments. We report on the analysis on spatial distributions of positron events collected by PAMELA, taking into account also the geomagnetic field effects. No significant deviation from the isotropy has been observed.

Published
2015

10. Force-field parameterization of the galactic cosmic ray spectrum: Validation for Forbush decreases

Author

R. Carbone, Sergey Koldobskiy, G. C. Barbarino, S. Y. Krutkov, V. Formato, A. V. Karelin, S. A. Voronov, G. A. Kovaltsov, N. Zampa, G. A. Bazilevskaya, E. A. Bogomolov, Laura Rossetto, V. Bonvicini, Yu. T. Yurkin, Y. I. Stozhkov, V. G. Zverev, P. Picozza, G. Osteria, P. Spillantini, Nicola Mori, M. Simon, N. De Simone, E. Mocchiutti, L. Marcelli, Alfonso Monaco, A. Vacchi, V. Di Felice, R. Sparvoli, M. Merge, A. Bruno, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, Marco Ricci, G. I. Vasilyev, Roberto Bellotti, A. M. Galper, C. De Santis, A. N. Kvashnin, Riccardo Munini, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, Per Carlson, V. V. Malakhov, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, Ilya Usoskin, V. V. Mikhailov, C. De Donato, F. Cafagna, Matteo Martucci, Sergey Koldashov, A. G. Mayorov, G. Castellini, Valentina Scotti, Alexey Leonov, F. Palma, Mirko Boezio, D. Campana, Ritabrata Sarkar, Marco Casolino, O. Adriani, S. Bottai, W. Menn, M. Bongi, C. Pizzolotto, G., Usoskin, G. A., Kovaltsov, O., Adriani, G. C., Barbarino, G. A., Bazilevskaya, R., Bellotti, M., Boezio, E. A., Bogomolov, M., Bongi, V., Bonvicini, S., Bottai, A., Bruno, F., Cafagna, D., Campana, R., Carbone, P., Carlson, M., Casolino, G., Castellini, C., De Donato, C., De Santi, N., De Simone, V., Di Felice, V., Formato, A. M., Galper, A. V., Karelin, S. V., Koldashov, S. A., Koldobskiy, S. Y., Krutkov, A. N., Kvashnin, A. A., Leonov, V., Malakhov, L., Marcelli, M., Martucci, A. G., Mayorov, W., Menn, M., Mergè, V. V., Mikhailov, E., Mocchiutti, A., Monaco, N., Mori, Munini, Riccardo, G., Osteria, F., Palma, B., Panico, P., Papini, M., Pearce, P., Picozza, C., Pizzolotto, M., Ricci, S. B., Ricciarini, L., Rossetto, R., Sarkar, V., Scotti, V. M., Simon, Sparvoli, P., Spillantini, Y. I., Stozhkov, P., Vacchi, E., Vannuccini, G. I., Vasilyev, S. A., Voronov, Y. T., Yurkin, G., Zampa, N., Zampa, V. G., Zverev, Usoskin, I. G., Kovaltsov, G. A., Adriani, O., Barbarino, Giancarlo, Bazilevskaya, G. A., Bellotti, R., Boezio, M., Bogomolov, E. A., Bongi, M., Bonvicini, V., Bottai, S., Bruno, A., Cafagna, F., Campana, D., Carbone, R., 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., Menn, W., Mergé, M., Mikhailov, V. V., Mocchiutti, E., Monaco, A., Mori, N., Munini, R., Osteria, G., Palma, F., Panico, B., Papini, P., Pearce, M., Picozza, P., Pizzolotto, C., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S. B., Rossetto, L., Sarkar, R., Scotti, V., Simon, M., Sparvoli, R., Spillantini, P., Stozhkov, Y. I., Vacchi, A., Vannuccini, E., Vasilyev, G. I., Voronov, S. A., Yurkin, Y. T., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., and Zverev, V. G.

Subjects
Atmospheric Science, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Aerospace Engineering, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Cosmic rays, Forbush decrease, Heliosphere, Space and Planetary Science, Physics::Geophysics, Energy spectrum, Settore FIS/01, Physics, Spectrum (functional analysis), Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Force field parameterization, Geophysics, Physics::Space Physics, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Parametrization
Abstract

A useful parametrization of the energy spectrum of galactic cosmic rays (GCR) near Earth is offered by the so-called force-field model which describes the shape of the entire spectrum with a single parameter, the modulation potential. While the usefulness of the force-field approximation has been confirmed for regular periods of solar modulation, it was not tested explicitly for disturbed periods, when \GCR\ are locally modulated by strong interplanetary transients. Here we use direct measurements of protons and α -particles performed by the \PAMELA\ space-borne instrument during December 2006, including a major Forbush decrease, in order to directly test the validity of the force-field parameterization. We conclude that (1) The force-field parametrization works very well in describing the energy spectra of protons and α -particles directly measured by \PAMELA\ outside the Earths atmosphere; (2) The energy spectrum of \GCR\ can be well parameterized by the force-field model also during a strong Forbush decrease; (3) The estimate of the \GCR\ modulation parameter, obtained using data from the world-wide neutron monitor network, is in good agreement with the spectra directly measured by \PAMELA\ during the studied interval. This result is obtained on the basis of a single event analysis, more events need to be analyzed.

Published
2015

11. Splash and Re-entrant Albedo Fluxes Measured in the PAMELA Experiment

Author

A. V. Karelin, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, F. Palma, R. Carbone, Sergey Koldobskiy, G. C. Barbarino, Valerio Formato, A. G. Mayorov, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, M.A. Mayorova, Alfonso Monaco, V. DiFelice, Alexey Leonov, Roberto Bellotti, O. Adriani, V. Bonvicini, Mirko Boezio, C. DeDonato, C. DeSantis, W. Menn, A. M. Galper, N. Zampa, Ritabrata Sarkar, G. Osteria, M. Merge, A. N. Kvashnin, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, M. Simon, Yu. T. Yurkin, Matteo Martucci, N. DeSimone, Nicola Mori, M. Bongi, Marco Ricci, V. V. Malakhov, S. Bottai, A.I. Moiseeva, G. Castellini, Riccardo Munini, G. A. Bazilevskaya, A.A. Kvashnin, C. Pizzolotto, Valentina Scotti, R. Sparvoli, E. Mocchiutti, Yuri Stozhkov, L. Marcelli, A. Vacchi, A. Bruno, Per Carlson, F. Cafagna, V. V. Mikhailov, S. A. Voronov, E. A. Bogomolov, P. Spillantini, Sergey Koldashov, P. Picozza, V. G. Zverev, D. Campana, Marco Casolino, Mayorov, A. G., Moiseeva, A. I., Adriani, O., Barbarino, Giancarlo, Bazilevskaya, G. A., Bellotti, R., Boezio, M., Bogomolov, E. A., Bongi, M., Bonvicini, V., Bottai, S., Bruno, A., Cafagna, F., Campana, D., Carbone, R., Carlson, P., Casolino, M., Castellini, G., Dedonato, C., Desantis, C., Desimone, N., Difelice, V., Formato, V., Galper, A. M., Karelin, A. V., Koldashov, S. V., Koldobskiy, S., Kvashnin, A. A., Kvashnin, A. N., Leonov, A., Malakhov, V., Marcelli, L., Martucci, M., Mayorova, M. A., Menn, W., Merge’, M., Mikhailov, V. V., Mocchiutti, E., Monaco, A., Mori, N., Munini, R., Osteria, G., Palma, F., Panico, B., Papini, P., Pearce, M., Picozza, P., Pizzolotto, C., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S. B., Sarkar, R., Scotti, V., Simon, M., Sparvoli, R., Spillantini, P., Stozhkov, Y. I., Vacchi, A., Vannuccini, E., Voronov, S. A., Yurkin, Y. T., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., and Zverev, V. G.

Subjects
Physics, Splash, Calorimeter (particle physics), Spectrometer, Aperture, Settore FIS/04, Detector, Astrophysics, Albedo, Physics and Astronomy(all), splash albedo, Latitude, Physics and Astronomy (all), Earth's magnetic field, PAMELA, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Abstract

This work devoted to the description of the method for splash albedo protons identification in the satellite-born experiment PAMELA. In contrast to the reentrant albedo particles, which enter into the main aperture of the instrument, the direct albedo particles enter from the opposite direction, so they pass a few detectors, including calorimeter, before being register by the magnetic spectrometer. The developed method take into account the influence of these detectors on the selection of events and measurements of their characteristics. To test this method the energy spectrum of reentrant albedo protons in various regions of the near-Earth space reconstructed; it is in a good agreement with the classical measurements in the main aperture. Therefore, this method can be useful to obtain a new physical data about fluxes of splash albedo protons in the PAMELA experiment, which, unlike the reentrant albedo, can be study even at high geomagnetic latitudes.

Published
2015
Full Text
View/download PDF

12. Deuteron spectrum measurements under radiation belt with PAMELA instrument

Author

V. G. Zverev, Yu. T. Yurkin, V. Bonvicini, Y. I. Stozhkov, R. Carbone, Sergey Koldobskiy, V. Di Felice, G. C. Barbarino, O. Adriani, W. Menn, N. Zampa, G. A. Bazilevskaya, Matteo Martucci, S. A. Voronov, M. Simon, Riccardo Munini, L. Marcelli, P. Papini, Piero Spillantini, E. A. Bogomolov, A. Vacchi, A. Bruno, Laura Rossetto, Alfonso Monaco, V. V. Malakhov, A. G. Mayorov, M. Merge, Per Carlson, G. Castellini, A. A. Kvashnin, S. Y. Krutkov, N. De Simone, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, Sergey Koldashov, R. Sparvoli, E. Mocchiutti, Alexey Leonov, P. Picozza, Marco Ricci, S. Bottai, F. Cafagna, C. Pizzolotto, I. A. Danilchenko, Ritabrata Sarkar, D. Campana, V. V. Mikhailov, E. Vannuccini, G. I. Vasilyev, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, Marco Casolino, Valerio Formato, G. Osteria, Nicola Mori, C. De Santis, C. De Donato, Valentina Scotti, F. Palma, Mirko Boezio, A. V. Karelin, Roberto Bellotti, A. M. Galper, A. N. Kvashnin, Massimo Bongi, Koldobskiy, S. A., 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., Carbone, R., Carlson, P., Casolino, M., Castellini, G., Danilchenko, I. A., De Donato, C., De Santis, C., De Simone, N., Di Felice, V., Formato, V., Galper, A. M., Karelin, A. V., Koldashov, S. V., Krutkov, S. Y., Kvashnin, A. A., Kvashnin, A. N., Leonov, A., Malakhov, V., Marcelli, L., Martucci, M., Mayorov, A. G., Menn, W., Mergè, M., Mikhailov, V. V., Mocchiutti, E., Monaco, A., Mori, N., Munini, R., Osteria, G., Palma, F., Panico, B., Papini, P., Pearce, M., Picozza, P., Pizzolotto, C., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S. B., Rossetto, L., Sarkar, R., Scotti, V., Simon, M., Sparvoli, R., Spillantini, P., Stozhkov, Y. I., Vacchi, A., Vannuccini, E., Vasilyev, G. I., Voronov, S. A., Yurkin, Y. T., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., and Zverev, V. G.

Subjects
Albedo, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, Cosmic ray, Radiation, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Nuclear physics, symbols.namesake, law, Deuteron, PAMELA experiment, Radiation belt, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Settore FIS/01, Physics, Range (particle radiation), PAMELA detector, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Van Allen radiation belt, symbols, Satellite, Nucleon
Abstract

In this work the results of data analysis of the deuteron albedo radiation obtained in the PAMELA experiment are presented. PAMELA is an international space experiment carried out on board of the satellite Resurs DK-1. The high precision detectors allow to register and identify cosmic ray particles in a wide energy range. The albedo deuteron spectrum in the energy range 70 - 600 MeV/nucleon has been measured. © 2015 Elsevier B.V..

Published
2016

13. Time dependence of the helium flux measured by PAMELA

Author

Matteo Martucci, M. Simon, Sergey Koldobskiy, G. C. Barbarino, V. V. Mikhailov, P. Carlson, Alexey Leonov, D. Campana, Roberto Bellotti, A. M. Galper, S. Y. Krutkov, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, A. G. Mayorov, R. Sparvoli, Marco Casolino, A. N. Kvashnin, Riccardo Munini, O. Adriani, E. Mocchiutti, F. Cafagna, W. Menn, Nicola Mori, S. A. Voronov, Yu. T. Yurkin, G. Castellini, Massimo Bongi, E. A. Bogomolov, P. Picozza, G. I. Vasilyev, P. Spillantini, C. De Santis, V. V. Malakhov, Maria Teresa Ricci, S. V. Koldashov, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, L. Marcelli, A. Vacchi, M. Merge, V. Bonvicini, A. Bruno, Y. I. Stozhkov, André Monaco, A. V. Karelin, G. Osteria, N. Zampa, Mirko Boezio, and G. A. Bazilevskaya

Subjects
Physics, Proton, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Phase (waves), Flux, chemistry.chemical_element, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Solar cycle, chemistry, QUIET, Physics::Space Physics, Heliosphere, Helium
Abstract

The last solar cycle has presented a peculiarly long quiet phase with consequent minimum modulation conditions for cosmic rays. The proton and electron spectra were measured from July 2006 to December 2009 by PAMELA experiment, providing fundamental information about the transport and modulation of cosmic rays inside the heliosphere. These studies allow to obtain a more complete description of the cosmic radiation. In this picture the time dependence of the helium spectrum become very important to constrain parameters of the actual solar modulation model. The crucial point for this analysis is the selection of a dataset of helium events which ensure high statistics with a very low contamination. In this paper the definition of the selection criteria for helium events with data taken from July 2006 to June 2014 by PAMELA experiment is reported.

Published
2017

14. Measurements of electron and positron fluxes below the geomagnetic cutoff by the PAMELA magnetic spectrometer

Author

Sergey Koldashov, S. Bottai, E. Mocchiutti, G. A. Bazilevskaya, M. Simon, Yu. T. Yurkin, A. Bruno, Y. I. Stozhkov, Paolo Papini, P. Spillantini, G. Castellini, M. Merge, A. N. Kvashnin, Alexey Leonov, F. Cafagna, N. Zampa, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, Sergey Koldobskiy, G. C. Barbarino, V. Di Felice, D. Campana, E. Vannuccini, R. Sparvoli, S. Y. Krutkov, Giovanni Bonvicini, V. V. Mikhailov, Marco Casolino, V. V. Malakhov, André Monaco, P. Carlson, P. Picozza, Maria Teresa Ricci, O. Adriani, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, L. Marcelli, A. Vacchi, S. A. Voronov, E. A. Bogomolov, Mirko Boezio, C. De Donato, Matteo Martucci, C. De Santis, A. G. Mayorov, Riccardo Munini, G. I. Vasilyev, Nicola Mori, Yu. V. Mikhailova, Roberto Bellotti, A. M. Galper, Massimo Bongi, A. V. Karelin, and G. Osteria

Subjects
Physics, Rigidity (electromagnetism), Earth's magnetic field, Positron, Spectrometer, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Electron, Trapping, Astrophysics, Secondary electrons, South Atlantic Anomaly
Abstract

We present a measurements of electron and positron fluxes below the geomagnetic cutoff rigidity in wide energy range from ~50 MeV to several GeVs by the PAMELA magnetic spectrometer. The instrument was launched on June 15th 2006 on-board the Resurs-DK satellite on low orbit with 70 degrees inclination and altitude between 350 and 600 km. Features of spatial distributions of secondary electrons and positrons in the near Earth space, including the South Atlantic Anomaly, were investigated in terms of lifetime and geographical origin. The separation in stably trapped , long lifetime quasi-trapped, and short lifetime albedo components was performed on base of back tracing procedure in geomagnetic field. A significant difference in relative abundance of positrons with respect to electrons is seen for the stable trapped and the quasi-trapped populations what pointing out on different trapping mechanism of those populations.

Published
2017

15. Ten years of positron and electron solar modulation measured by the PAMELA experiment

Author

Riccardo Munini, Mirko Boezio, Marius Potgieter, Valeria Di Felice, Oscar Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya, R. Bellotti, E. A. Bogomolov, Massimo Bongi, Giovanni Bonvicini, S. Bottai, A. Bruno, Francesco Cafagna, D. Campana, Marco Casolino, Guido Castellini, C. de Santis, A. M. Galper, A. V. Karelin, S. V. Koldashov, S. Y. Krutkov, A. N. Kvashnin, A. Leonov, V. Malakhov, L. Marcelli, M. Martucci, A.G Mayorov, W. Menn, M. Merge', V. V. Mikhailov, E. Mocchiutti, A. Monaco, N. Mori, G. Osteria, Beatrice Panico, P. Papini, Mark Pearce, P. Picozza, Marco Ricci, Sergio B. Ricciarini, M. Simon, R. Sparvoli, P. Spillantini, Y. I. Stozhkov, A. Vacchi, E. Vannuccini, G. Vasilyev, S. A. Voronov, Y. T. Yurkin, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, M. S. Potgieter, and J. L. Raath

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Positron, Modulation, Electron
Abstract

The satellite-borne PAMELA experiment was launched on the 15th June 2006 from the Baikonur cosmodrome. Till January 2016 PAMELA has detected the charged component of cosmic-rays (CRs) over a wide e ...

Published
2017

16. Short-term variation in the galactic cosmic ray intensity measured with the PAMELA experiment

Author

Riccardo Munini, Alessandro Bruno, Christian Eric, Georgia A. De Nolfo, Martucci Matteo, Merge Matteo, Ryan James, Stochaj Steve, di Felice Valeria, Boezio Mirko, Potgieter Marius, Valeria Di Felice, Mirko Boezio, Oscar Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya, R. Bellotti, E. A. Bogomolov, Massimo Bongi, Giovanni Bonvicini, S. Bottai, A. Bruno, Francesco Cafagna, D. Campana, Marco Casolino, Guido Castellini, C. De Santis, A. M. Galper, A. V. Karelin, S. V. Koldashov, S. Y. Krutkov, A. N. Kvashnin, A. Leonov, V. Malakhov, L. Marcelli, M. Martucci, A.G Mayorov, W. Menn, Mirko Merge', V. V. Mikhailov, E. Mocchiutti, A. Monaco, N. Mori, G. Osteria, Beatrice Panico, P. Papini, Mark Pearce, P. Picozza, Marco Ricci, Sergio B. Ricciarini, M. Simon, R. Sparvoli, P. Spillantini, Y. I. Stozhkov, A. Vacchi, E. Vannuccini, G. Vasilyev, S. A. Voronov, Y. T. Yurkin, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, M. S. Potgieter, E. C. Christian, I. Richardson, J.M Ryan, and S. Stochaj

Subjects
Physics, Solar wind, Neutron monitor, Amplitude, Physics::Space Physics, Coronal mass ejection, Forbush decrease, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Heliospheric current sheet, Heliosphere
Abstract

New results on the galactic cosmic ray (GCR) short-term intensity variation associated with Forbush decrease and co-rotating interaction regions (CIRs) measured by the PAMELA instrument between November 2006 and March 2007 are presented. Most of the past measurements on Forbush decrease events were carried out with neutron monitor detector. This tecnique allows only indirect detection of the overall GCR intensity over an integrated energy range. For the first time, thanks to the unique features of the PAMELA magnetic spectrometer, the Forbush decrease associated with the December 13th coronal mass ejection (CME) was studied in a wide rigidity range (0.4-20 GV) and for different species of GCRs detected directly in space. Using GCR protons, the amplitude and the recovery time of the Forbush decrease were studied for ten rigidity interval with a temporal resolution of one day. For comparison the helium and the electron intensity over time were also studied. The temporal evolution of the helium and proton intensity was found in good agreement while the electrons show, on average, a faster recovery time. This was interpreted as a charge-sign dependence introduced by drift motion experienced by the low rigidity (

Published
2017

17. The Front-End and Slow Control boards for the Wide Field of View Cherenkov Telescopes of LHAASO

Author

R. Sparvoli, M. Da Rocha Rolo, Giuseppe Di Sciascio, Angelo Rivetti, S. Vernetto, F. Palma, Carlo Vigorito, P. Vallania, F. Rotondo, G. Masciantonio, G. Dellacasa, Andrea Chiavassa, and P. Cipollone

Subjects
Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Photoelectric effect, law.invention, Telescope, Air shower, Cardinal point, Observatory, law, Wide dynamic range, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract

The LHAASO (Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory) experiment is currently under installation at high altitude (4410 m a.s.l., 600 g/cm$^2$) in the Daocheng site, Sichuan province, P.R. China, with the aim of studying with unprecedented sensitivity the spectrum, the composition and the anisotropy of cosmic rays in the energy range between 10$^{12}$ and 10$^{18}$ eV, as well as to act simultaneously as a wide aperture (about 2 sr), continuously operating gamma-ray telescope in the energy range between 10$^{11}$ and 10$^{15}$ eV. One of the main detectors of LHAASO is constituted by an array of 18 wide field of view (16$^{\circ}\times$16$^{\circ}$) Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs). Unlike the usual IACTs dedicated mainly to gamma-ray astronomy, these telescopes will be devoted to the study of the energy spectrum and elemental composition of the cosmic rays around the "knee" of the all-particle primary spectrum (at about 3$\cdot$10$^{15}$ eV). The focal plane of these telescopes being made of SiPMs, dedicated Front-End (FE) and Slow Control (SLC) boards must be designed with the needed amplification and bandwidth features to achieve the required wide dynamic range of 10-32,000 photoelectrons. In this paper, the electronic scheme and the components selection of these boards are presented and discussed.

Published
2017

18. Scientific Goals and In-orbit Performance of the High-energy Particle Detector on Board the CSES

Author

Roberto Battiston, P. Picozza, D. Campana, V. Vitale, Maria Ionica, Valentina Scotti, Marco Casolino, L. Patrizii, R. Sparvoli, Matteo Martucci, Ignazio Lazzizzera, L. Marcelli, M. Merge, S. Bartocci, M. Pozzato, M. Lolli, S. B. Ricciarini, I. Rashevskaya, Alessandro Sotgiu, F. Palma, Ester Ricci, Mirko Piersanti, F. Perfetto, Andrea Contin, Francesco Maria Follega, Bruno Spataro, G. Masciantonio, C. De Donato, S. Zoffoli, F. Palmonari, P. Cipollone, G. Castellini, L. Basara, C. Guandalini, Maria Antonietta Ricci, Livio Conti, G. Ambrosi, Beatrice Panico, C. Manea, A. Parmentier, L. Carfora, M. Puel, P. Zuccon, L. Pacini, G. Laurenti, W.J. Burger, C. De Santis, R. Iuppa, G. Osteria, Picozza, P., Battiston, R., Ambrosi, G., Bartocci, S., Basara, L., Burger, W. J., Campana, D., Carfora, L., Casolino, M., Castellini, G., Cipollone, P., Conti, L., Contin, A., De Donato, C., De Santis, C., Follega, F. M., Guandalini, C., Ionica, M., Iuppa, R., Laurenti, G., Lazzizzera, I., Lolli, M., Manea, C., Marcelli, L., Martucci, M., Masciantonio, G., Mergé, M., Osteria, G., Pacini, L., Palma, F., Palmonari, F., Panico, B., Parmentier, A., Patrizii, L., Perfetto, F., Piersanti, M., Pozzato, M., Puel, M., Rashevskaya, I., Ricci, E., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S., Scotti, V., Sotgiu, A., Sparvoli, R., Spataro, B., Vitale, V., Zuccon, P., Zoffoli, S., Picozza P., Battiston R., Ambrosi G., Bartocci S., Basara L., Burger W.J., Campana D., Carfora L., Casolino M., Castellini G., Cipollone P., Conti L., Contin A., De Donato C., De Santis C., Follega F.M., Guandalini C., Ionica M., Iuppa R., Laurenti G., Lazzizzera I., Lolli M., Manea C., Marcelli L., Martucci M., Masciantonio G., Merge M., Osteria G., Pacini L., Palma F., Palmonari F., Panico B., Parmentier A., Patrizii L., Perfetto F., Piersanti M., Pozzato M., Puel M., Rashevskaya I., Ricci E., Ricci M., Ricciarini S., Scotti V., Sotgiu A., Sparvoli R., Spataro B., Vitale V., Zuccon P., and Zoffoli S.

Subjects
Astroparticle physics, Physics, High energy particle, solar-terrestrial relation, business.industry, Settore FIS/04, Detector, astroparticle physic, Earth, telescopes, Astronomy and Astrophysics, solar-terrestrial relations, Physics::Geophysics, On board, astroparticle physics, Space and Planetary Science, Physics::Space Physics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Aerospace engineering, Orbit (control theory), business
Abstract

The China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES) aims to monitor electromagnetic, particle, and plasma perturbations in the iono-magnetosphere and inner Van Allen radiation belts originated by electromagnetic sources external and internal to the geomagnetic cavity, cosmic rays, and solar events. In particular, the objective of the space mission is to investigate lithosphere-atmosphere-ionosphere coupling mechanisms (including the effects of lightning, earthquakes, volcanoes, and artificial electromagnetic emissions) that induce perturbations of the top side of the ionosphere and lower boundary of the radiation belts. To this purpose, the mission has been conceived to take advantage of a multi-instrument payload comprising nine detectors for the measurement of electromagnetic field components, plasma parameters, and energetic particles, as well as X-ray flux. The Italian team participating in the CSES mission has built one of these devices, the High-Energy Particle Detector (HEPD), for high-precision observations of electrons, protons, and light nuclei. During its trip along the orbit, and thanks to the large set of detectors operated on board, CSES completely monitors the Earth, acting as an excellent instrument for space weather. The satellite was launched on 2018 February 2, with an expected life span of 5 yr. This article describes the CSES mission with a particular focus on the HEPD apparatus and its in-flight performance.

Published
2019

19. Time dependence of the helium flux measured by PAMELA

Author

Roberto Bellotti, A. M. Galper, Nicola Mori, P. Spillantini, M. Bongi, C. De Santis, Alfonso Monaco, M. S. Potgieter, S. A. Voronov, Sergey Koldobskiy, M. Merge, E. A. Bogomolov, Per Carlson, G. C. Barbarino, S. Y. Krutkov, S. Bottai, E. Mocchiutti, V. Bonvicini, Y. I. Stozhkov, Riccardo Munini, A. V. Karelin, G. I. Vasilyev, P. Picozza, V. V. Malakhov, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, O. Adriani, M. Simon, S. V. Koldashov, G. Osteria, W. Menn, P. Papini, N. Marcelli, E. Vannuccini, Marco Ricci, Andrea Vacchi, Yu. T. Yurkin, N. Zampa, G. A. Bazilevskaya, L. Marcelli, A. Bruno, V. Di Felice, R. Sparvoli, F. Cafagna, A. N. Kvashnin, V. V. Mikhailov, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, Alexey Leonov, Driaan Bisschoff, G. Castellini, O. P. M. Aslam, A. G. Mayorov, Mirko Boezio, D. Campana, Matteo Martucci, Marco Casolino, De Vincenzi, M., Marcelli, N., 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 Santis, C., Di Felice, 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., Menn, W., Mergè, M., Mikhailov, V. V., Mocchiutti, E., Monaco, A., Mori, N., Munini, R., Osteria, G., Panico, B., Papini, P., Pearce, M., Picozza, P., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S. B., 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., Aslam, O. P. M., and Bisschoff, D.

Subjects
Physics, Range (particle radiation), QC1-999, Computer Science::Information Retrieval, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, chemistry.chemical_element, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Galaxy, Nuclear physics, Space experiment, Flux (metallurgy), chemistry, Modulation, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Helium
Abstract

Precision measurements of the Z = 2 component in cosmic radiation provide crucial information about the origin and propagation of the second most abundant cosmic ray species in the Galaxy (9% of the total). These measurements, acquired with the PAMELA space experiment orbiting Earth, allow to study solar modulation in details. Helium modulation is compared to the modulation of protons to study possible dependencies on charge and mass. The time dependence of helium fluxes on a monthly basis measured by PAMELA has been studied for the period between July 2006 to January 2016 in the energy range from 800 MeV/n to ~ 20 GeV/n.

Published
2019

20. The large-scale anisotropy with the PAMELA calorimeter

Author

Y. T. Yurkin, N. De Simone, Valentina Scotti, P. Spillantini, M. Simon, V. V. Malakhov, S. Bottai, A. V. Karelin, L. Marcelli, A. Vacchi, V. Di Felice, Riccardo Munini, W. Menn, A. Bruno, Per Carlson, F. Palma, R. Sparvoli, G. Zampa, E. Mocchiutti, Beatrice Panico, G. Osteria, S. Y. Krutkov, M. Merge, D. Campana, N. Zampa, G. A. Bazilevskaya, A. M. Galper, Mirko Boezio, V. Bonvicini, Y. I. Stozhkov, P. Picozza, Maria Teresa Ricci, Roberto Bellotti, Marco Casolino, F. Cafagna, S. V. Koldashov, M. Bongi, A. N. Kvashnin, André Monaco, A. A. Leonov, O. Adriani, R. Carbone, V. V. Mikhailov, Sergey Koldobskiy, G. C. Barbarino, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, Matteo Martucci, A. G. Mayorov, C. De Santis, C. De Donato, G. Castellini, S. A. Voronov, E. A. Bogomolov, Nicola Mori, Ritabrata Sarkar, G. I. Vasilyev, and Valerio Formato

Subjects
Physics, Scale (ratio), Calorimeter (particle physics), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Phase (waves), Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Physics::Geophysics, Nuclear physics, Dipole, Amplitude, Equatorial coordinate system, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Anisotropy, General Environmental Science
Abstract

The large-scale anisotropy (or the so-called star-diurnal wave) has been studied using the calorimeter of the space-born experiment PAMELA. The cosmic ray anisotropy has been obtained for the Southern and Northern hemispheres simultaneously in the equatorial coordinate system for the time period 2006–2014. The dipole amplitude and phase have been measured for energies 1–20 TeV n-1.

Published
2015

21. PAMELA'S MEASUREMENT OF GEOMAGNETIC CUTOFF VARIATIONS DURING SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE EVENTS

Author

Roberto Bellotti, N. De Simone, V. Bonvicini, S. Bottai, A. M. Galper, André Monaco, Mirko Boezio, Y. I. Stozhkov, M. Simon, G. A. Bazilevskaya, Ritabrata Sarkar, G. I. Vasilyev, R. Carbone, Sergey Koldobskiy, Y. T. Yurkin, A. V. Karelin, V. G. Zverev, G. C. Barbarino, L. Marcelli, F. Palma, R. Sparvoli, A. Vacchi, Maria Teresa Ricci, A. Bruno, G. Osteria, V. Di Felice, M. Bongi, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, Valentina Scotti, C. De Donato, V. Formato, N. Zampa, Per Carlson, S. A. Voronov, Riccardo Munini, F. Cafagna, E. A. Bogomolov, M. Merge, Matteo Martucci, A. Leonov, O. Adriani, W. Menn, V. V. Mikhailov, G. Castellini, C. De Santis, Nicola Mori, S. V. Koldashov, V. V. Malakhov, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, P. Spillantini, A. G. Mayorov, S. Y. Krutkov, D. Campana, Marco Casolino, P. Picozza, A. N. Kvashnin, and E. Mocchiutti

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Earth's magnetic field, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, Physics::Space Physics, Measure (physics), Particle, Cutoff, Satellite, Nuclear Experiment, Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Abstract

Data from the PAMELA satellite experiment were used to measure the geomagnetic cutoff for high-energy ( 80 MeV) protons during the solar particle events on 2006 December 13 and 14. The variations o ...

Published
2016

22. Nine Years of Cosmic Ray Investigation by the PAMELA Experiment

Author

Maria Teresa Ricci, G. A. Bazilevskaya, Mirko Boezio, P. Spillantini, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, M. Merge, V. V. Mikhailov, A. N. Kvashnin, E. Mocchiutti, Riccardo Munini, V. Di Felice, S. Y. Krutkov, R. Sparvoli, Y. T. Yurkin, M. Bongi, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, V. Bonvicini, A. V. Karelin, F. Palma, A. Bruno, C. De Donato, G. I. Vasilyev, Y. I. Stozhkov, G. Osteria, F. Cafagna, V. V. Malakhov, P. Picozza, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, G. Castellini, Sergey Koldashov, Roberto Bellotti, A. G. Mayorov, A. M. Galper, C. De Santis, Valentina Scotti, N. Zampa, O. Adriani, S. Bottai, W. Menn, André Monaco, Sergey Koldobskiy, D. Campana, G. C. Barbarino, Ritabrata Sarkar, L. Marcelli, A. Vacchi, V. Formato, Marco Casolino, S. A. Voronov, E. A. Bogomolov, A. Leonov, Matteo Martucci, Nicola Mori, Per Carlson, N. De Simone, and M. Simon

Subjects
On board, Physics, Feature (computer vision), Detector, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Satellite
Abstract

The PAMELA cosmic ray detector was launched on June 15th of 2006 on board the Russian Resurs-DK1 satellite and during nine years of continuous data-taking it has ob- served very interesting feature ...

Published
2016

23. Solar modulation of galactic cosmic rays electrons and positrons over the 23rd solar minimum with the PAMELA experiment

Author

M. S. Potgieter, A. G. Mayorov, S. Bottai, E. Mocchiutti, M. Merge, G. Castellini, Sergey Koldobskiy, G. A. Bazilevskaya, G. C. Barbarino, N. Zampa, V. V. Mikhailov, Mirko Boezio, C. De Santis, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, Maria Teresa Ricci, V. Bonvicini, Ritabrata Sarkar, C. De Donato, L. Marcelli, A. Vacchi, S. Y. Krutkov, Matteo Martucci, A. Bruno, Y. I. Stozhkov, V. Formato, A. M. Galper, A. Leonov, A. V. Karelin, S. V. Koldashov, André Monaco, S. A. Voronov, Nicola Mori, F. Palma, V. V. Malakhov, E. A. Bogomolov, V. Di Felice, M. Simon, P. Picozza, F. Cafagna, Etienne Vos, P. Spillantini, G. Osteria, Riccardo Munini, D. Campana, G. I. Vasilyev, N. De Simone, Marco Casolino, Valentina Scotti, R. Sparvoli, Per Carlson, Y. T. Yurkin, Roberto Bellotti, O. Adriani, W. Menn, M. Bongi, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, and A. N. Kvashnin

Subjects
Solar minimum, Physics, Positron, PAMELA detector, Modulation, law, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Electron, Astrophysics, law.invention
Abstract

The satellite-borne PAMELA experiment has been continuously collecting data since 15th June 2006, when it was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome to detect the charged component of cosmic rays ov ...

Published
2016

24. The GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope characteristics. Angular resolution and electrons/protons separation

Author

V. V. Kadilin, S. I. Suchkov, P. Spillantini, R. Sparvoli, S. G. Bobkov, P. P. Naumov, S. Bottai, R. Aptekar, A. M. Galper, P. Cumani, A. Rappoldi, Piergiorgio Picozza, Mirko Boezio, K. A. Boyarchuk, Paolo Papini, O. Adriani, M. F. Runtso, Nikolay Topchiev, Y. T. Yurkin, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, Vladimir Kaplin, Giovanni Bonvicini, A. A. Moiseev, E. Vannuccini, A. Vacchi, E. A. Bogomolov, Igor V. Moskalenko, I. V. Arkhangelskaja, E. Mocchiutti, P. S. Marrocchesi, Valery Zverev, Yu. V. Gusakov, Eugenio Berti, M. Tavani, N. Zampa, A.I. Arkhangelskiy, A. Leonov, Nicola Mori, and G. I. Vasilyev

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Separation (aeronautics), Angular resolution, Electron, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Published
2015

25. Design and Performance of the GAMMA-400 Gamma-Ray Telescope for the Dark Matter Searches

Author

P. Spillantini, Yu. V. Gusakov, P. S. Marrocchesi, F. Longo, R. L. Aptekar, Marco Tavani, V. Bonvicini, M. I. Fradkin, N. Zampa, E. Mocchiutti, A. Vacchi, A.I. Arkhangelskiy, E. P. Mazets, K. A. Boyarchuk, A. A. Leonov, A. A. Moiseev, V. A. Kachanov, V. G. Zverev, R. Sparvoli, M. F. Runtso, V. V. Mikhailov, P. Picozza, Igor V. Moskalenko, A. M. Galper, I. V. Arkhangelskaja, I. A. Mereminskiy, V. G. Rodin, O. Adriani, S. I. Suchkov, Mirko Boezio, N. P. Topchiev, Paolo Maestro, Nicola Mori, M. D. Kheymits, P. Yu. Naumov, Vladimir Kaplin, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, V. N. Zirakashvili, Yu. T. Yurkin, Jonathan F. Ormes, A. M., Galper, O., Adriani, R. L., Aptekar, I. V. Arkhangelskaja4 A. I., Arkhangelskiy, M., Boezio, V., Bonvicini, K. A., Boyarchuk, M. I., Fradkin, Gusakov, Y. u. V., V. A., Kaplin, V. A., Kachanov, M. D., Kheymit, A. A., Leonov, Longo, Francesco, E. P., Mazet, P., Maestro, P., Marrocchesi, I. A., Mereminskiy, V. V., Mikhailov, A. A., Moiseev, E., Mocchiutti, N., Mori, I. V., Moskalenko, Naumov, P. Y. u., P., Papini, P., Picozza, V. G., Rodin, M. F., Runtso, R., Sparvoli, P., Spillantini, S. I., Suchkov, M., Tavani, N. P., Topchiev, A., Vacchi, E., Vannuccini, Yurkin, Y. u. T., N., Zampa, V. G., Zverev, and V. N., Zirakashvili

Subjects
gamma-ray satellites, Proton, cosmic gamma-ray emission, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, dark matter, gamma-ray telescope, Physics and Astronomy (all), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, law.invention, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, Telescope, Positron, law, Dark Matter, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Annihilation, Gamma ray, Celestial sphere, 85-05, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

The GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope is designed to measure the fluxes of gamma rays and cosmic-ray electrons + positrons, which can be produced by annihilation or decay of the dark matter particles, as well as to survey the celestial sphere in order to study point and extended sources of gamma rays, measure energy spectra of Galactic and extragalactic diffuse gamma-ray emission, gamma-ray bursts, and gamma-ray emission from the Sun. The GAMMA-400 covers the energy range from 100 MeV to 3000 GeV. Its angular resolution is ~0.01 deg (E{\gamma} > 100 GeV), the energy resolution ~1% (E{\gamma} > 10 GeV), and the proton rejection factor ~10E6. GAMMA-400 will be installed on the Russian space platform Navigator. The beginning of observations is planned for 2018., Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables; submitted to American Institute of Physics

Published
2012
Full Text
View/download PDF

26. Letter to the Editor Energy spectrum of secondary protons above the atmosphere measured by the instruments NINA and NINA-2

Author

V. Bonvicini, Marco Casolino, Andrea Vacchi, A. M. Galper, M. P. De Pascale, A. V. Bakaldin, A. Iannucci, P. Picozza, Gianluigi Zampa, S. V. Koldashov, Marco Ricci, P. Spillantini, S. A. Voronov, S. Straulino, A. Morselli, M. Circella, P. Papini, V. V. Mikhailov, E. Vannuccini, O. Adriani, R. Sparvoli, V. Bidoli, C. De Marzo, G. Castellini, A. A. Leonov, Gianluca Furano, Mirko Boezio, M. G. Korotkov, F. Cafagna, N. Zampa, and M. Ambriola

Subjects
Physics, Atmospheric Science, Earth's orbit, Meteorology, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Magnetosphere, Geology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Albedo, Charged particle, Physics::Geophysics, South Atlantic Anomaly, Altitude, Earth's magnetic field, Space and Planetary Science, Physics::Space Physics, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), Satellite, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Abstract

In this paper we report on the energy spectrum of protons of albedo origin measured by the instruments NINA and NINA-2 at different geomagnetic locations, and the behaviour of the proton flux as a function of altitude out of the South Atlantic Anomaly. The instrument NINA was used on board the satellite Resurs-01-N4 between 1998 and 1999, at an altitude of about 830 km. The NINA-2 apparatus, on board the satellite MITA, was put into orbit in July 2000, at an altitude of about 450 km. A detailed understanding of the fluxes of charged particles in near Earth orbit is important to reach an accurate theoretical description of the Earth’s magnetic field, but also as input for the calculation of the back-ground for scientific instruments aboard satellites, like the future AGILE and GLAST g astronomy telescopes.Key words. Magnetospheric physics (energetic particles, trapped; instruments and techniques)

Published
2002

27. In‐Orbit Performance of the Space Telescope NINA and Galactic Cosmic‐Ray Flux Measurements

Author

V. Bidoli, C. De Marzo, F. Cafagna, N. Zampa, P. Spillantini, M. Circella, P. Papini, S. Bartalucci, Enzo Reali, S. V. Koldashov, Marco Ricci, Gianluca Furano, A. Vacchi, O. Adriani, M. Ambriola, M. P. DePascale, R. Sparvoli, A. Iannucci, P. Picozza, F. Ciacio, Mikhailov, S. Piccardi, G. Mazzenga, R. Cirami, A. M. Galper, S. Straulino, Roberto Bellotti, S. A. Voronov, Bonvicini, M. G. Korotkov, Mirko Boezio, A. Morselli, A. Canestro, A. V. Bakaldin, A. Murashov, Marco Casolino, M. P. De Pascale, G. Castellini, and A. A. Leonov

Subjects
Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Polar orbit, Flux, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Spectral line, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, Altitude, Spitzer Space Telescope, Space and Planetary Science, Satellite, Orbit (control theory)
Abstract

The NINA apparatus, on board the Russian satellite Resurs-01 n.4, has been in polar orbit since 1998 July 10, at an altitude of 840 km. Its main scientific task is to study the galactic, solar and anomalous components of cosmic rays in the energy interval 10--200 MeV/n. In this paper we present a description of the instrument and its basic operating modes. Measurements of Galactic Cosmic Ray spectra will also be shown.

Published
2001

28. Light flash observation in space: Experiment ELFO

Author

M. Casolino, M. P. De Pascale, A. Morselli, L. Narici, P. Picozza, V. Prigiobbe, R. Sparvoli, O. Ariani, P. Spillantini, G. Castellini, S. Bartalucci, C. Catena, D. Conti, M. Ricci, E. Righi, B. Spataro, G. Trenta, G. Barbiellini, M. Boezio, A. Vacchi, N. Zampa, W. G. Sannita, L. Lopez, M. Peresson, S. Conforto, A. P. Burlina, C. Tanzarella, G. Alberici, L. Casoli, S. Cerdonio, A. Lenti, A. Galper, Y.u. Ozerov, A. Popov, V. Zemskov, A. Alexandrov, S. Avdeev, V. Shabelnikov, DURANTE, MARCO, GIALANELLA, GIANCARLO, GROSSI, GIANFRANCO, PUGLIESE, MARIAGABRIELLA, M., Casolino, M. P., De Pascale, A., Morselli, L., Narici, P., Picozza, V., Prigiobbe, R., Sparvoli, O., Ariani, P., Spillantini, G., Castellini, S., Bartalucci, C., Catena, D., Conti, M., Ricci, E., Righi, B., Spataro, G., Trenta, Durante, Marco, Gialanella, Giancarlo, Grossi, Gianfranco, Pugliese, Mariagabriella, G., Barbiellini, M., Boezio, A., Vacchi, N., Zampa, W. G., Sannita, L., Lopez, M., Peresson, S., Conforto, A. P., Burlina, C., Tanzarella, G., Alberici, L., Casoli, S., Cerdonio, A., Lenti, A., Galper, Ozerov, Y. u., A., Popov, V., Zemskov, A., Alexandrov, S., Avdeev, and V., Shabelnikov

Published
1997

30. THE SATELLITE TELESCOPE NINA FOR NUCLEAR AND ISOTOPIC INVESTIGATIONS IN SPACE

Author

P. Spillantini, A. Vacchi, Maria Teresa Ricci, Guido Barbiellini, A. Murashov, P. Schiavon, A. Morselli, A. V. Bakaldin, S. Piccardi, S. A. Voronov, N. Zampa, M. Ambriola, S. Bartalucci, Gianluca Furano, A. Scoscini, P. Picozza, S. V. Koldashov, F. Ciacio, A. Batishev, M. Circella, R. Cirami, P. Papini, C. De Marzo, R. Sparvoli, Mirko Boezio, A. M. Galper, V. V. Mikhailov, S. Giuntoli, Marco Casolino, V. Bidoli, F. Cafagna, W. Bonvicini, Roberto Bellotti, and M. P. De Pascale

Subjects
Physics, Telescope, law, Astronomy, Satellite, Astrophysics, Space (mathematics), law.invention
Published
2000

31. NINA: a lightweight silicon strip detector for cosmic ray research in space

Author

S. V. Koldashov, V. Bidoli, M. Circella, Maria Antonietta Ricci, Roberto Bellotti, P. Spillantini, S. A. Voronov, Carlo Nicola De Marzo, M. P. DePascale, Andrea Vacchi, S. Bartalucci, Mirko Boezio, F. Cafagna, Guido Barbiellini, M. G. Korotkov, P. Spinelli, N. Zampa, V. V. Mikhailov, A. Morselli, A. A. Moiseev, Marco Casolino, M. Bocciolini, Marcello Castellano, A. M. Galper, Andrey Popov, Piergiorgio Picozza, R. Sparvoli, and M. Candusso

Subjects
Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Gamma ray, Polar orbit, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Orbital mechanics, symbols.namesake, Antimatter, Van Allen radiation belt, symbols, Satellite
Abstract

NINA is the first of three telescopes of the Russian Italian Mission (RIM), devoted through the detection of cosmic rays to the study of galactic and extragalactic astrophysical phenomena. The detector of RIM-1 mission consists of 16 double sided silicon strips. The use of silicon technology is space applications has severel advantages thanks to its low consumption, high signal to noise ratio, low dead area, and no use of gas refueling systems. Indeed these detectors and the electronics used comes from balloon cosmic ray research carried out by the Wizard collaboration in the past years. NINA will be placed in a 700 km polar orbit on the Russian Resource-01 n. 4 satellite by the end of 1996. Solar and galactic cosmic ray nuclei from Hydrogen to Iron in the 10-100 MeV/n region will be studied. In addition to the physical goals, which include the study of anomalous component nuclei inside and outside the radiation belts, technological aspects of this low cost (1.5M dollars) mission will be equally important to the development of the following two steps of RIM mission: PAMELA and GILDA missions--devoted to antimatter and gamma ray research respectively--will make extensive use of the research and development performed with NINA.

Published
1995

32. The use of RPC in the ARGO-YBJ project

Author

C. Bacci, K.Z. Bao, F. Barone, B. Bartoli, D. Bastieri, P. Bernardini, S. Bussino, E. Calloni, B.Y. Cao, R. Cardarelli, S. Catalanotti, A. Cavaliere, F. Cesaroni, P. Creti, null Danzengluobu, B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli, M. De Vincenzi, T. Di Girolamo, G. Di Sciascio, Z.Y. Feng, Y. Fu, X.Y. Gao, Q.X. Geng, H.W. Guo, Q. Huang, H.H. He, M. He, M. Iacovacci, N. Iucci, H.Y. Jai, F.M. Kong, H.H. Kuang, null Labaciren, B. Li, J.Y. Li, Z.Q. Liu, H. Lu, X.H. Ma, C. Marmolino, G. Mancarella, S.M. Mari, D. Martello, G. Marsella, D.M. Mei, X.R. Meng, A. Morselli, L. Milano, J. Mu, M. Oliviero, P. Padovani, M. Panareo, M. Parisi, Z.R. Peng, P. Pistilli, R. Santonico, G. Sartori, C. Sbarra, G. Severino, R. Sparvoli, C. Stanescu, M. Storini, P.R. Shen, L.R. Sun, S.C. Sun, J. Su, A. Surdo, Y.H. Tan, S. Vernetto, M. Vietri, C.R. Wang, F. Wang, H.Y. Wang, Y.N. Wei, H.T. Yang, W.K. Yao, G.C. Yu, A.F. Yuan, X.D. Yue, H.M. Zhang, J.L. Zhang, N.J. Zhang, T.J. Zhang, X.Y. Zhang, null Zhaxiciren, null Zhaxisangzhu, Q.Q. Zhu, Bacci, C, Bao, Kz, Barone, F, Bartoli, B, Bastieri, D, Bernardini, P, Bussino, S, Calloni, E, Cao, By, Cardarelli, R, Catalanotti, S, Cavaliere, A, Cesaroni, F, Creti, P, Danzengluobu, Piazzoli, Bd, DE VINCENZI, M, DI GIROLAMO, T, DI SCIASCIO, G, Feng, Zy, Fu, Y, Gao, Xy, Geng, Qx, Guo, Hw, Huang, Q, He, Hh, He, M, Iacovacci, M, Iucci, N, Jai, Hy, Kong, Fm, Kuang, Hh, Labaciren, Li, B, Li, Jy, Liu, Zq, Lu, H, Ma, Xh, Marmolino, C, Mancarella, G, Mari, Sm, Martello, Daniele, Marsella, Giovanni, Mei, Dm, Meng, Xr, Morselli, A, Milano, L, Mu, J, Oliviero, M, Padovani, P, Panareo, Marco, Parisi, M, Peng, Zr, Pistilli, P, Santonico, R, Sartori, G, Sbarra, C, Severino, G, Sparvoli, R, Stanescu, C, Storini, M, Shen, Pr, Sun, Lr, Sun, Sc, Su, J, Surdo, A, Tan, Yh, Vernetto, S, Vietri, M, Wang, Cr, Wang, F, Wang, Hy, Wei, Yn, Yang, Ht, Yao, Qk, Yu, Gc, Yuan, Af, Yue, Xd, Zhang, Hm, Zhang, Jl, Zhang, Nj, Zhang, Tj, Zhang, Xy, Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhu, Qq, C., Bacci1, K. Z., Bao2, F., Barone3, B., Bartoli3, D., Bastieri4, P., Bernardini5, R., Buonomo3, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, E., Calloni3, B. Y., Cao6, R., Cardarelli7, S., Catalanotti3, A., Cavaliere7, F., Cesaroni5, P., Creti5, Danzengluobu8, B., D'Ettorre Piazzoli3, M., De Vincenzi1, T., Di Girolamo3, G., Di Sciascio3, Z. Y., Feng9, Y., Fu6, X. Y., Gao10, Q. X., Geng10, H. W., Guo8, H. H., He11, M., He6, Q., Huang9, M., Iacovacci3, N., Iucci1, H. Y., Jai9, F. M., Kong6, H. H., Kuang11, Labaciren8, B., Li2, J. Y., Li6, Z. Q., Liu10, H., Lu11, X. H., Ma11, G., Mancarella5, Mari, Stefano Maria, G., Marsella5, D., Martello5, D. M., Mei8, X. R., Meng8, L., Milano3, A., Morselli7, J., Mu10, M., Oliviero13, P., Padovani7, M., Panareo5, M., Parisi1, G., Pellizzoni1, Z. R., Peng11, P., Pistilli1, R., Santonico7, G., Sartori4, C., Sbarra4, G., Severino13, P. R., Shen11, R., Sparvoli7, C., Stanescu1, J., Su11, L. R., Sun2, S. C., Sun2, A., Surdo5, Y. H., Tan11, S., Vernetto14, M., Vietri1, C. R., Wang6, H., Wang11, H. Y., Wang11, Y. N., Wei2, H. T., Yang12, Q. K., Yao2, G. C., Yu9, X. D., Yue2, A. F., Yuan8, H. M., Zhang11, J. L., Zhang11, N. J., Zhang6, T. J., Zhang10, X. Y., Zhang6, Zhaxisangzhu8, Zhaxiciren8, Q. Q., Zhu11, C., Bacci, K. Z., Bao, F., Barone, Bartoli, Bruno, D., Bastieri, P., Bernardini, S., Bussino, Calloni, Enrico, B. Y., Cao, R., Cardarelli, Catalanotti, Sergio, A., Cavaliere, F., Cesaroni, P., Creti, D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, Benedetto, M. D., Vincenzi, DI GIROLAMO, Tristano, G. D., Sciascio, Z. Y., Feng, Y., Fu, X. Y., Gao, Q. X., Geng, H. W., Guo, Q., Huang, H. H., He, M., He, Iacovacci, Michele, N., Iucci, H. Y., Jai, F. M., Kong, H. H., Kuang, B., Li, J. Y., Li, Z. Q., Liu, H., Lu, X. H., Ma, C., Marmolino, G., Mancarella, S. M., Mari, D., Martello, G., Marsella, D. M., Mei, X. R., Meng, A., Morselli, L., Milano, J., Mu, M., Oliviero, P., Padovani, M., Panareo, M., Parisi, Z. R., Peng, P., Pistilli, R., Santonico, G., Sartori, C., Sbarra, G., Severino, R., Sparvoli, C., Stanescu, M., Storini, P. R., Shen, L. R., Sun, S. C., Sun, J., Su, A., Surdo, Y. H., Tan, S., Vernetto, M., Vietri, C. R., Wang, F., Wang, H. Y., Wang, Y. N., Wei, H. T., Yang, Q. K., Yao, G. C., Yu, A. F., Yuan, X. D., Yue, H. M., Zhang, J. L., Zhang, N. J., Zhang, T. J., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Q. Q., Zhu, B., Bartoli, Bernardini, Paolo, E., Calloni, S., Catalanotti, B., D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, M., DE VINCENZI, T., DI GIROLAMO, G., DI SCIASCIO, M., Iacovacci, and Mancarella, Giovanni

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computer science, Detector, Real-time computing, Full coverage, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Argo
Abstract

We present the ARGO-YBJ experiment, a full coverage detector placed at high altitude (similar to 4300 m a.s.l.) that exploits the RPC technique. Results of a test experiment performed at Yanbajing site, with a full coverage RPC carpet of 50 m(2) are also presented.

33. The PAMELA experiment: A cosmic ray experiment deep inside the heliosphere

Author

P. Spillantini, R. Sparvoli, A. Bruno, Y. I. Stozhkov, V. V. Mikhailov, P. Carlson, Alexey Leonov, V. Di Felice, S. Y. Krutkov, E. Mocchiutti, Giovanni Bonvicini, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, P. Papini, S. Bottai, M. Simon, E. Vannuccini, Sergey Koldashov, Sergey Koldobskiy, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya, P. Picozza, V. V. Malakhov, O. Adriani, F. Cafagna, S. A. Voronov, Matteo Martucci, W. Menn, D. Campana, G. Castellini, Yu. T. Yurkin, A. N. Kvashnin, Massimo Bongi, Marco Casolino, M. Merge, A. V. Karelin, E. A. Bogomolov, N. Zampa, Maria Teresa Ricci, G. Osteria, André Monaco, Roberto Bellotti, A. M. Galper, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, A. G. Mayorov, Riccardo Munini, L. Marcelli, A. Vacchi, C. De Santis, Nicola Mori, G. I. Vasilyev, Mirko Boezio, Boezio, M., Munini, R., Adriani, O., Barbarino, G. C., Bazilevskaya, G. A., Bellotti, R., Bogomolov, E. A., Bongi, M., Bonvicini, V., Bottai, S., Bruno, A., Cafagna, F., Campana, D., Carlson, P., Casolino, M., Castellini, G., De Santis, C., Di Felice, 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., Menn, W., Merge, M., Mikhailov, V. V., Mocchiutti, E., Monaco, A., Mori, N., Osteria, G., Panico, B., Papini, P., Pearce, M., Picozza, P., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S. B., Simon, M., Sparvoli, R., Spillantini, P., Stozhkov, Y. I., Vacchi, A., Vannuccini, E., Vasilyev, G., Voronov, S. A., Yurkin, Y. T., Zampa, G., and Zampa, N.

Subjects
Settore FIS/01, Solar minimum, Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astronomy, Magnetosphere, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Solar cycle 24, Galaxy, Charged particle, Physics::Space Physics, Particle radiation, Heliosphere
Abstract

It was the 15th of June of 2006 when the PAMELA satellite-borne experiment was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakstan. Then, for nearly ten years, PAMELA has been making high-precision measurements of the charged component of the cosmic radiation opening a new era of precision studies in cosmic rays and challenging our basic vision of the mechanisms of production, acceleration and propagation of cosmic rays in the galaxy and in the heliosphere. The study of the time dependence of the various components of the cosmic radiation from the unusual 23rd solar minimum through the maximum of solar cycle 24 clearly shows solar modulation effects as well as charge sign dependence. PAMELA measurement of the energy spectra during solar energetic particle events fills the existing energy gap between the highest energy particles measured in space and the ground-based domain. Finally, by sampling the particle radiation in different regions of the magnetosphere, PAMELA data provide a detailed study of the Earth~s magnetosphere. In this highlight paper, PAMELA main results as well as recent progress about solar and heliospheric physics with PAMELA will be presented.

34. Lithium and beryllium isotopes in the pamela-experiment

Author

S. Y. Krutkov, A. N. Kvashnin, P. Picozza, Yu. T. Yurkin, M. Merge, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, P. Spillantini, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, A. V. Karelin, F. Cafagna, V. Bonvicini, G. A. Bazilevskaya, M. Simon, M. Bongi, A. Bruno, V. V. Malakhov, Y. I. Stozhkov, Sergey Koldashov, G. I. Vasilyev, Matteo Martucci, Mirko Boezio, André Monaco, N. Zampa, G. Osteria, V. V. Mikhailov, D. Campana, L. Marcelli, Nicola Mori, A. Vacchi, E. Mocchiutti, Roberto Bellotti, A. G. Mayorov, Marco Casolino, S. Bottai, A. M. Galper, Valentina Scotti, Riccardo Munini, C. De Santis, W. Menn, Maria Teresa Ricci, O. Adriani, V. Di Felice, F. Palma, Etienne Vos, Per Carlson, C. De Donato, V. Formato, S. A. Voronov, E. A. Bogomolov, N. De Simone, R. Sparvoli, Sergey Koldobskiy, G. C. Barbarino, Alexey Leonov, Ritabrata Sarkar, M. S. Potgieter, G. Castellini, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, 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. 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., and Vos, E. E.

Subjects
Multidisciplinary, chemistry, Radiochemistry, chemistry.chemical_element, Environmental science, Lithium, Isotopes of beryllium
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 lithium and beryllium isotopes for two different techniques are presented, combining the rigidity measurement from the magnetic spectrometer with the velocity information derived either with the time-of-flight or with multiple dE/dx measurements in the calorimeter. Preliminary results of the isotopic ratios will be presented.

35. Magnetospheric effects on high-energy solar particles during the 2012 May 17th event measured with the PAMELA experiment

Author

P. Spillantini, Sergey Koldobskiy, G. C. Barbarino, L. Marcelli, S. Bottai, A. Vacchi, G. Castellini, C. De Santis, V. Di Felice, N. Zampa, S. Y. Krutkov, A. M. Galper, G. I. Vasilyev, E. R. Christian, Ulisse Bravar, G. A. Bazilevskaya, P. Picozza, Matteo Martucci, James M. Ryan, V. Formato, V. V. Malakhov, Riccardo Munini, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, S. A. Voronov, C. De Donato, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, Ritabrata Sarkar, E. A. Bogomolov, André Monaco, Valentina Scotti, M. Bongi, A. Leonov, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, Mirko Boezio, Nicola Mori, A. G. Mayorov, M. A. Lee, Y. T. Yurkin, Roberto Bellotti, F. Palma, O. Adriani, W. Menn, A. N. Kvashnin, N. Thakur, A. V. Karelin, D. Campana, G. Osteria, M. Merge, N. De Simone, Marco Casolino, S. J. Stochaj, R. Sparvoli, G. A. de Nolfo, M. Simon, Maria Teresa Ricci, V. V. Mikhailov, Per Carlson, E. Mocchiutti, F. Cafagna, S. V. Koldashov, V. Bonvicini, A. Bruno, Y. I. Stozhkov, Martucci, M., Bazilevskaya, G. A., Boezio, M., Bravar, U., Bruno, A., Christian, E. R., De Nolfo, G. A., Lee, M., Mergè, M., Mocchiutti, E., Munini, R., Ricci, M., Ryan, J. M., Stochaj, S., Thakur, N., Adriani, O., Barbarino, G. C., Bellotti, R., Bogomolov, E. A., Bongi, M., Bonvicini, V., Bottai, S., 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., Mayorov, A. G., Menn, W., Mikhailov, V. V., Monaco, A., Mori, N., Osteria, G., Palma, F., Panico, B., Papini, P., Pearce, M., Picozza, P., 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., and Zampa, N.

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Acceleration, High energy, Multidisciplinary, Solar energetic particles, Physics::Space Physics, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Particle, Event (particle physics)
Abstract

The great challenge in constraining scenarios for solar energetic particle (SEP) acceleration is due to the fact that the signatures of acceleration itself are heavily modified by transport within interplanetary space. During transport, SEPs are subject to pitch angle scattering by the turbulent magnetic field, adiabatic focusing, or reflecting magnetic structures. Ground Level Enhancements (GLEs) provide an ideal way to study acceleration with minimal transport. In this work, we present a unique high-energy SEP observation from PAMELA of the 2012 May 17 GLE and interpret the observed pitch angle distributions as a result of local scattering (1 AU) by the Earth's magnetosheath.

36. Status and performance of the High Energy Particle Detector (HEPD) on-board the CSES-01 satellite

Author

C. De Donato, Ignazio Lazzizzera, C. Guandalini, F. De Persio, M. Puel, Matteo Martucci, Maria Antonietta Ricci, L. Basara, B Di Ruzza, Francesco Maria Follega, Paolo Zuccon, L. Carfora, F. Palma, Ester Ricci, V. Vitale, S. Bartoccia, C. De Santis, P. Picozza, I. Rashevskaya, Alessandro Sotgiu, Valentina Scotti, W. J. Burger, G. Laurenti, G. Osteria, G. Masciantonio, G. Ambrosi, F. Perfetto, R. Iuppa, G. Castellini, Bruno Spataro, L. Marcelli, P. Cipollone, L. Pacini, Beatrice Panico, A. Parmentier, Andrea Contin, Maria Ionica, M. Merge, M. Lolli, L. Patrizii, R. Sparvoli, S. B. Ricciarini, Mirko Piersanti, F. Palmonari, D. Campana, Marco Casolino, Livio Conti, C. Manea, M. Pozzato, Simona Zoffoli, Roberto Battiston, Sotgiu, A., Ambrosi, G., Battiston, R., Bartocci, S., Basara, L., Burger, W. J., Campana, D., Carfora, L., Casolino, M., Castellini, G., Cipollone, P., Conti, L., Contin, A., de Donato, C., de Persio, F., de Santis, C., Di Ruzza, B., Follega, F. M., Guandalini, C., Ionica, M., Iuppa, R., Laurenti, G., Lazzizzera, I., Lolli, M., Manea, C., Marcelli, L., Martucci, M., Masciantonio, G., Merge, M., Osteria, G., Pacini, L., Palma, F., Palmonari, F., Panico, B., Parmentier, A., Patrizii, L., Perfetto, F., Picozza, P., Piersanti, M., Pozzato, M., Puel, M., Rashevskaya, I., Ricci, E., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S., Scotti, V., Sparvoli, R., Spataro, B., Vitale, V., Zuccon, P., and Zoffoli, S.

Subjects
Plastic scintillator, Physics, Settore FIS/01, Range (particle radiation), High energy particle, Calorimeter (particle physics), Charged particles, Electric and magnetic fields, Satellites, Detector, In-flight performance, Particle detectors, Charged particle, Particle identification, Cosmology, High-energy particles, Computational physics, Charged particles, Cosmic rays, Cosmology, Particle detectors, Charged particle flux, Electric and magnetic fields, High energy particle detectors, High-energy particles, In-flight performance, Operational conditions, Particle identifications, Plastic scintillator, Satellites, Charged particle flux, Particle identifications, High energy particle detectors, Satellite, Operational conditions, Cosmic rays, Space environment
Abstract

CSES-01 (China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite) is a space mission dedicated to the study of the ionospheric environment, searching for disturbances that can be correlated to seismic activity. For this reason, the satellite is equipped with several instruments to monitor various physical parameters including the Earth's electric and magnetic field, ionospheric plasma principal parameters (i.e. density, temperature, and ions composition) and high energy particle flux fluctuations. The High Energy Particle Detector (HEPD), built by the Italian CSES-Limadou collaboration, is designed to detect mostly electrons in the energy range between 3 MeV and 100 MeV and protons in the energy range between 30 MeV and 300 MeV. The detector is composed of a tracking system, a segmented layer of plastic scintillator (used for the trigger), a range calorimeter and a veto system. After CSES-01 launch (February 2, 2018), the apparatus underwent the commissioning phase where its configuration was adjusted in order to guarantee optimal operational conditions in the space environment. Now the satellite is in stable data-taking mode. In this work a description of the HEPD detector will be reported, focusing on the results of the electron and proton test beam calibrations. In addition, a particular relevance will be given to the presentation of the HEPD in-flight performance, such as its good capability in particle identification. The high statistic collected by HEPD, thanks to its large acceptance window, makes it perfectly suitable for the investigation of fluctuations in the charged particle fluxes.

37. Measurement of the positron to electron ratio in the cosmic rays above 5 GeV

Author

R. E. Streitmatter, G. Basini, S. A. Stephens, Marco Casolino, Mirko Boezio, P. Schiavon, N. Zampa, Ulisse Bravar, G. de Cataldo, R. Sparvoli, Guido Barbiellini, M. Circella, Steven Stochaj, P. Papini, P. Picozza, Mauro Menichelli, Marco Ricci, M. Candusso, P. Spillantini, V. Bidoli, C. De Marzo, A. Rain, S. Piccardi, A. Morselli, M. Bocciolini, M. Hof, M. P. De Pascale, N. Giglietto, B. Marangelli, M. G. Castellano, W. Menn, R. L. Golden, N. Finetti, A. Vacchi, Catia Grimani, Roberto Bellotti, John Mitchell, F. Cafagna, P. Spinelli, F. Massimo Brancaccio, Antonio Codino, F. Fratnik, Jonathan F. Ormes, M. Simon, Maria Teresa Brunetti, A. Colavita, A. Perego, and F. Aversa

Subjects
Physics, Proton, Spectrometer, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Cosmic rays, Elementary particles, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Electron, Astrophysics, Calorimeter, Nuclear physics, Transition radiation detector, Positron, Space and Planetary Science, Antimatter, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

As part of a series of experiments to search for antimatter in cosmic rays, the New Mexico State University balloon-borne magnet spectrometer was configured for a flight to study positrons. Two completely new instruments, a transition radiation detector and a silicon-tungsten imaging calorimeter, were added to the magnet spectrometer. These two detectors provided a proton rejection factor better than 3 × 104. This instrument was flown from Fort Sumner, New Mexico, at an average depth of 4.5 g cm-2 of residual atmosphere for a period of 25 hr. We report here the measured fraction of positrons e+/(e+ + e-) from ~5 to 60 GeV at the top of the atmosphere. Our measurements do not show any compelling evidence for an increase in this ratio with energy, and our results are consistent with a constant fraction of 0.078 ± 0.016 over the entire energy region.

38. Cosmic ray electron and positron spectrum with the PAMELA experiment

Author

A. Leonov, Maria Teresa Ricci, G. C. Barbarino, R. Munin, Nicola Mori, S. V. Koldashov, R. Sparvoli, A. Vacchi, M. Simon, André Monaco, P. Picozza, A. N. Kvashnin, A. A. Kvashnin, Yu. I. Stozhkov, P. Spillantini, M. Merge, M. Bongi, E. Mocchiutti, G. A. Bazilevskaya, V. V. Malakhov, Roberto Bellotti, L. Marcell, G. Zampa, C. De Santis, A. M. Galper, Beatrice Panico, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, V. V. Mikhailov, V. Di Felice, A. V. Karelin, P. Papini, P. Carlson, N. Zampa, E. Vannuccini, Yu. T. Yurkin, V. Bonvicini, G. Osteria, O. Adriani, A. Bruno, W. Menn, S. A. Voronov, E. A. Bogomolov, F. Cafagna, S. A. Koldobsky, Mirko Boezio, A. G. Mayorov, I. Vasilyev, G. Castellini, Matteo Martucci, D. Campana, Marco Casolino, Mikhailov, V. V., Adriani, O., Barbarino, G., Bazilevskaya, G. A., Bellotti, R., Boezio, M., Bogomolov, E. A., Bongi, M., Bonvicini, V., Bruno, A., Cafagna, F. S., Campana, D., Carlson, P., Casolino, M., Castellini, G., de Santis, C., Di Felice, V., Galper, A. M., Karelin, A. V., Koldashov, S. V., Koldobsky, S. A., Kvashnin, A. A., Kvashnin, A. N., Leonov, A. A., Malakhov, V. V., Marcelli, L., Martucci, M., Mayorov, A. G., Menn, W., Merge, M., Mocchiutti, E., Monaco, A., Mori, N., Munini, R., Osteria, G., Papini, P., Panico, B., Pearce, M., Picozza, P., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S. B., Simon, M., Sparvoli, R., Spillantini, P., Stozhkov, Yu. I., Vacchi, A., Vannuccini, E., Vasiliev, G. I., Voronov, S. A., Yurkin, Yu. T., Zampa, G., and Zampa, N.

Subjects
Settore FIS/01, Physics, Nuclear physics, Antiparticle, Range (particle radiation), Positron, Spectrometer, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Polar orbit, Satellite, Cosmic ray, Electron
Abstract

The PAMELA magnetic spectrometer, located on board the Resurs-DK1 satellite on Earth polar orbit with altitude of 350-600 km, measured the fluxes of cosmic ray particles and antiparticles in a wide energy range from ~ 50 MeV to several TeVs. In this paper new results on the "all-electron" (sum electrons and positrons) spectrum are presented. New improved analysis on the full data set from 2006 to 2016 allows a significant increase in statistic compared to previously published results and an extension of energy interval up to ~1 TeV

39. PAMELA measurements of solar energetic particle spectra

Author

Riccardo Munini, E. Mocchiutti, L. Marcelli, A. Vacchi, S. A. Voronov, E. A. Bogomolov, Roberto Bellotti, Nicola Mori, G. Zampa, S. Y. Krutkov, Beatrice Panico, Yu. T. Yurkin, A. M. Galper, G. A. Bazilevskaya, C. De Santis, Sergey Koldashov, E. R. Christian, V. Bonvicini, M. Merge, P. Picozza, V. V. Mikhailov, G. Castellini, A. Bruno, Y. I. Stozhkov, Mirko Boezio, P. Spillantini, N. Zampa, James M. Ryan, A. V. Karelin, D. Campana, Ian G. Richardson, Sergey Koldobskiy, G. C. Barbarino, M. Bongi, F. Cafagna, André Monaco, V. V. Malakhov, Marco Casolino, R. Sparvoli, S. J. Stochaj, G. Osteria, Per Carlson, G. I. Vasilyev, G. A. de Nolfo, Alexey Leonov, O. Adriani, W. Menn, A. N. Kvashnin, V. Di Felice, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, Maria Teresa Ricci, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, A. G. Mayorov, M. Simon, N. Marcelli, C. De Donato, Matteo Martucci, Merge, M., Bruno, A., Martucci, M., Adriani, O., Barbarino, G. C., Bazilevskaya, G. A., Bellotti, R., Boezio, M., Bogomolov, E. A., Bongi, M., Bonvicini, V., Cafagna, F., Campana, D., Carlson, P., Casolino, M., Castellini, G., Christian, E. R., De Santis, C., De Donato, C., De Nolfo, G. A., Di Felice, V., Galper, A. M., Karelin, A. V., Koldashov, S. V., Koldobskiy, S., Krutkov, S. Y., Kvashnin, A. N., Leonov, A., Malakhov, V., Marcelli, L., Marcelli, N., Mayorov, A. G., Menn, W., Mikhailov, V. V., Mocchiutti, E., Monaco, A., Mori, N., Munini, R., Osteria, G., Panico, B., Papini, P., Pearce, M., Picozza, P., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S. B., Richardson, I., Ryan, J. M., Simon, M., Sparvoli, R., Spillantini, P., Stochaj, S., Stozhkov, Y. I., Vacchi, A., Vannuccini, E., Vasilyev, G., Voronov, S. A., Yurkin, Y. T., Zampa, G., and Zampa, N.

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Settore FIS/01, Acceleration, Physics::Space Physics, Particle, Spectral line, Charged particle
Abstract

The charged particle acceleration and transport during solar events have been widely studied in the past decades. The satellite-borne PAMELA experiment has been continuously collecting data since 2006. The apparatus is designed to study charged particles in the cosmic radiation. The combination of permanent magnet, silicon micro-strip spectrometer and silicon-tungsten imaging calorimeter, with the redundancy of instrumentation allows very precise studies on the physics of cosmic rays in a wide energy range and with high statistics. This makes PAMELA a well suited instrument for Solar Energetic Particles (SEP) observations. Not only it spans the energy range between the ground-based neutron monitor data and the observations of SEPs from space, but also PAMELA carries out the first direct measurements of SEP energy spectra, composition and angular distribution. PAMELA has observed many SEP events in solar cycle 24, offering unique opportunity to address several questions on high-energy SEP origin. A preliminary analysis on proton spectra during several events of the 24th solar cycle is presented.

40. Cosmic-ray lithium and beryllium isotopes in the PAMELA-experiment

Author

E. Mocchiutti, M. Merge, Maria Teresa Ricci, S. Bottai, M. Simon, C. De Santis, G. A. Bazilevskaya, S. A. Voronov, Per Carlson, V. V. Malakhov, E. A. Bogomolov, O. Adriani, Sergey Koldobskiy, Mirko Boezio, W. Menn, G. C. Barbarino, R. Sparvoli, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, G. Castellini, D. Campana, N. Zampa, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, Alexey Leonov, M. Bongi, Marco Casolino, Yu. T. Yurkin, L. Marcelli, A. Vacchi, Nicola Mori, Sergey Koldashov, V. Di Felice, F. Cafagna, Roberto Bellotti, Riccardo Munini, A. M. Galper, G. I. Vasilyev, A. N. Kvashnin, A. V. Karelin, V. Bonvicini, P. Spillantini, A. Bruno, Y. I. Stozhkov, S. Y. Krutkov, V. V. Mikhailov, G. Osteria, P. Picozza, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, André Monaco, Matteo Martucci, A. G. Mayorov, C. De Donato, Menn, W., Bogomolov, E. A., Simon, M., Vasilyev, G. I., Adriani, O., Barbarino, G. C., Bazilevskaya, G. A., Bellotti, R., Boezio, M., Bongi, M., Bonvicini, V., Bottai, S., Bruno, A., Cafagna, F., Campana, D., Carlson, P., Casolino, M., Castellini, G., De Donato, C., De Santis, C., Di Felice, 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. V., Mocchiutti, E., Monaco, A., Mori, N., Munini, R., Osteria, G., Papini, P., Panico, B., Pearce, M., Picozza, P., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S. B., Sparvoli, R., Spillantini, P., Stozhkov, Y. I., Vacchi, A., Vannuccini, E., Voronov, S. A., Yurkin, Y. T., Zampa, G., and Zampa, N.

Subjects
Settore FIS/01, Nuclear physics, Physics, Space experiment, chemistry, Antiproton, chemistry.chemical_element, Cosmic ray, Lithium, Isotopes of beryllium
Abstract

The PAMELA space experiment was launched on the 15th of June 2006 from the Baikonur cosmodrome. 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 high statistics. The apparatus comprises a time-of-flight system, a magnetic spectrometer (permanent magnet) with an silicon-microstrip tracking system, an imaging calorimeter built from layers of siliconmicrostrip detectors interleaved with plates of tungsten, an anti-coincidence system, a shower tail scintillator-counter and a neutron detector. The instrument in its detector-combination is also capable to identify isotopes, using the rigidity information from the magnetic spectrometer together with the time-of-flight measurement or with the multiple dE/dx measurement in the calorimeter. In this paper details about the analysis method and new results of the isotopic ratios of lithium and beryllium with increased statistics will be presented.

41. Space-weather capabilities and preliminary results of the high energy particle detector (HEPD) on board the CSES-01 satellite

Author

L. Patrizii, R. Sparvoli, F. De Persio, Roberto Battiston, Andrea Contin, M. Pozzato, V. Vitale, Valentina Scotti, S. Bartocci, F. Perfetto, L. Pacini, Bruno Spataro, L. Marcelli, Ignazio Lazzizzera, D. Campana, F. Palmonari, P. Cipollone, M. Puel, G. Masciantonio, L. Basara, S. B. Ricciarini, Livio Conti, W. J. Burger, Marco Casolino, Mirko Piersanti, Paolo Zuccon, G. Castellini, C. De Santis, B Di Ruzza, Francesco Maria Follega, P. Picozza, F. Palma, C. Manea, Beatrice Panico, G. Laurenti, A. Parmentier, Maria Ionica, Simona Zoffoli, Ester Ricci, M. Merge, R. Iuppa, I. Rashevskaya, M. Lolli, Alessandro Sotgiu, L. Carfora, Maria Antonietta Ricci, G. Osteria, G. Ambrosi, C. De Donato, C. Guandalini, Matteo Martucci, Martucci, M., Ambrosi, G., Battiston, R., Bartocci, S., Basara, L., Burger, W. J., Campana, D., Carfora, L., Casolino, M., Castellini, G., Cipollone, P., Conti, L., Contin, A., de Donato, C., de Persio, F., de Santis, C., Di Ruzza, B., Follega, F. M., Guandalini, C., Ionica, M., Iuppa, R., Laurenti, G., Lazzizzera, I., Lolli, M., Manea, C., Marcelli, L., Masciantonio, G., Merge, M., Osteria, G., Pacini, L., Palma, F., Palmonari, F., Panico, B., Parmentier, A., Patrizii, L., Perfetto, F., Picozza, P., Piersanti, M., Pozzato, M., Puel, M., Rashevskaya, I., Ricci, E., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S., Scotti, V., Sotgiu, A., Sparvoli, R., Spataro, B., Vitale, V., Zuccon, P., and Zoffoli, S.

Subjects
Settore FIS/01, High energy particle, Detector, Space administration, Orbits, Particle detectors, Data analysis techniques, Italian Space Agency, Space weather, Galactic cosmic rays, Population statistics, Cosmology, On board, Cosmic rays, Cosmology, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Particle detectors, Population statistics, Data analysis techniques, Detection and discriminations, Different time scale, Galactic cosmic rays, High energy particle detectors, Italian Space Agency, Near-Earth environments, Space administration, Orbits, Detection and discriminations, Magnetosphere, Environmental science, High energy particle detectors, Satellite, Ionosphere, Near-Earth environments, Cosmic rays, Different time scale, Remote sensing
Abstract

CSES-01 (China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite) is a mission developed by CNSA (Chinese National Space Administration) and ASI (Italian Space Agency) to investigate the near-Earth electromagnetic, plasma and particle environment, focusing on the disturbances of the ionosphere-magnetosphere transition region. In this framework, the Italian High Energy Particle Detector (HEPD) on board CSES-01, is an advanced detector based on a tower of scintillators and a silicon tracker that provide good energy resolution as well as a wide angular acceptance for electrons of 3-100 MeV, protons of 30-200 MeV and light nuclei (up to Oxygen). The very good capabilities in both detection and discrimination of particles make the detector well suited for space-weather purposes; indeed HEPD is able to continuously monitor the magnetospheric environment with high precision and stability in time. Turbulent conditions in the near-Earth environment translate into modification of particles and magnetic/electric measurements at different time-scales. In this work, the data-analysis techniques and some preliminary results concerning the study of different proton populations encountered along CSES-01 orbit (galactic cosmic rays, re-entrant albedo etc.) are presented.

42. The hepd apparatus for the cses mission

Author

Beatrice Panico, Maria Teresa Ricci, Matteo Sposito, C. De Donato, Livio Conti, S. Bartocci, Roberto Iuppa, Ester Ricci, Maria Ionica, Francesco Maria Follega, Andrea Contin, W. J. Burger, M. Merge, V. Vitale, G. Laurenti, C. Manea, G. Ambrosi, Valentina Scotti, M. Lolli, C. Guadalini, G. Masciantonio, M. Pozzato, L. Patrizii, R. Sparvoli, L. Pacini, G. Castellini, Roberto Battiston, P. Picozza, C. De Santis, F. Palma, I. Rashevskaya, Alessandro Sotgiu, F. Perfetto, Bruno Spataro, P. Cipollone, Ignazio Lazzizzera, F. Palmonari, L. Marcelli, G. Osteria, S. B. Ricciarini, Panico, B., Osteria, G., Perfetto, F., Scotti, V., Cipollone, P., De Donato, C., De Santis, C., Marcelli, L., Masciantonio, G., Mergè, M., Palma, F., Picozza, P., Sotgiu, A., Sparvoli, R., Contin, A., Guadalini, C., Laurenti, G., Lolli, M., Palmonari, F., Patrizii, L., Pozzato, M., Ricci, M., Spataro, B., Burger, W. J., Battiston, R., Follega, F. M., Iuppa, R., Lazzizzera, I., Manea, C., Rashevskaya, I., Ricci, E., Vitale, V., Ambrosi, G., Ionica, M., Sposito, M., Bartocci, S., Conti, L., Castellini, G., Pacini, L., Ricciarini, S. B., and Merge, M.

Subjects
History, High energy particle, Proton, Nuclear Theory, Cyclotron, Cosmic ray, Electron, Particle detector, Education, Physics::Geophysics, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Atmosphere, symbols.namesake, law, Aerospace engineering, Nuclear Experiment, Trapped particle, Low-energy components, Physics, Settore FIS/01, business.industry, Radiation belts, Computer Science Applications, Magnetic field, Van Allen radiation belt, Physics::Space Physics, symbols, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Environmental science, Satellite, business, Beam (structure)
Abstract

The High-Energy Particle Detector (HEPD) is one of the payloads of the CSES space mission. The HEPD is built by the Italian Limadou collaboration and has different goals. It will study the temporal stability of the inner Van Allen radiation belts, the precipitation of trapped particles in the atmosphere and the low energy component of the cosmic rays (5-100 MeV for electrons and 15 - 300 MeV for protons). It has been tested at the Beam Test Facility of the INFN National Laboratory of Frascati, for electrons, and at the Proton Cyclotron of Trento, for protons. Here is presented a study of the performance of the apparatus to separate electrons and protons and identify nuclei up to iron.

43. Measurement of the large-scale anisotropy of cosmic rays in the PAMELA experiment

Author

P. Spillantini, S. A. Koldobskii, E. Mocchiutti, G. I. Vasil’ev, V. Bonvicini, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, Marco Ricci, Roberta Sparvoli, C. De Santis, P. Papini, Per Carlson, M. Bongi, E. Vannuccini, S. Bottai, C. De Donato, M. Simon, L. Marcelli, A. Vacchi, V. Di Felice, V. V. Malakhov, Mirko Boezio, A. Bruno, Alfonso Monaco, Sergey Koldashov, Riccardo Munini, E. A. Bogomolov, W. Menn, P. Picozza, Valerio Formato, S. Yu. Krutkov, F. Cafagna, Yu. T. Yurkin, R. Carbone, M. Merge, G. Osteria, N. Zampa, O. Adriani, S. A. Voronov, D. Campana, A. G. Maiorov, Alexey Leonov, V. V. Mikhailov, Nicola Mori, Marco Casolino, Ritabrata Sarkar, Valentina Scotti, G. Castellini, F. Palma, G. A. Bazilevskaya, Matteo Martucci, Roberto Bellotti, A. M. Galper, G. C. Barbarino, A. N. Kvashnin, A. V. Karelin, N. De Simone, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, M. L. Rosetto, A. V., Karelin, O., Adriani, G. C., Barbarino, G. A., Bazilevskaya, R., Bellotti, M., Boezio, E. A., Bogomolov, M., Bongi, V., Bonvicini, S., Bottai, A., Bruno, A., Vacchi, E., Vannuccini, G. I., Vasil’Ev, S. A., Voronov, A. M., Galper, C., De Donato, C., De Santi, N., De Simone, V., Di Felice, G., Zampa, N., Zampa, F., Cafagna, D., Campana, R., Carbone, P., Carlson, M., Casolino, G., Castellini, A. N., Kvashnin, S. V., Koldashov, S. A., Koldobskii, S. Y., Krutkov, A. A., Leonov, L., Marcelli, M., Martucci, A. G., Maiorov, V. V., Malakhov, W., Menn, M., Mergè, V. V., Mikhailov, E., Mocchiutti, A., Monaco, N., Mori, Munini, Riccardo, G., Osteria, F., Palma, B., Panico, P., Papini, M., Pearce, P., Picozza, M., Ricci, S. B., Ricciarini, M. L., Rosetto, M., Simon, R., Sarkar, V., Scotti, R., Sparvoli, P., Spillantini, V., Formato, Y. T., Yurkin, Karelin, A. V., Adriani, O., Barbarino, Giancarlo, Bazilevskaya, G. A., Bellotti, R., Boezio, M., Bogomolov, E. A., Bongi, M., Bonvicini, V., Bottai, S., Bruno, A., Vacchi, A., Vannuccini, E., Vasil’Ev, G. I., Voronov, S. A., Gal’Per, A. M., De Donato, C., De Santis, C., De Simone, N., Di Felice, V., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., Cafagna, F., Campana, D., Carbone, R., Carlson, P., Casolino, M., Castellini, G., Kvashnin, A. N., Koldashov, S. V., Koldobskii, S. A., Krut’Kov, S. Y. u., Leonov, A. A., Marcelli, L., Martucci, M., Maiorov, A. G., Malakhov, V. V., Menn, W., Mergè, M., Mikhailov, V. 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., Rosetto, M. L., Simon, M., Sarkar, R., Scotti, V., Sparvoli, R., Spillantini, P., Formato, V., and Yurkin, Y. u. T.

Subjects
Physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Scale (ratio), Settore FIS/04, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, anisotropy, Astrophysics, Galaxy, satellite experiment, Physics::Geophysics, Dipole, cosmic rays, PAMELA, Equatorial coordinate system, Physics::Space Physics, Magnitude (astronomy), Cosmic Rays, anisotropy, PAMELA, Satellite, Anisotropy, Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Abstract

Large-scale anisotropy or so-called sidereal-diurnal wave has been detected in the PAMELA satellite experiment in the time interval of 2006–2014. The magnitude of anisotropy has been measured simultaneously for the Southern and Northern Hemispheres in the equatorial coordinate system. The results confirm the data of ground-based experiments.

Published
2015

44. Measuring the albedo deuteron flux in the PAMELA satellite experiment

Author

Alfonso Monaco, G. Osteria, M. Merge, Nicola Mori, D. Campana, S. A. Voronov, Matteo Martucci, Per Carlson, Roberta Sparvoli, N. Zampa, Yu. T. Yurkin, Marco Casolino, Laura Rossetto, S. Y. Krutkov, G. I. Vasilyev, E. A. Bogomolov, A. G. Mayorov, F. Palma, R. Carbone, C. Pizzolotto, Valerio Formato, M. Simon, Riccardo Munini, L. Marcelli, Sergey Koldobskiy, W. Menn, C. De Santis, G. C. Barbarino, A. Vacchi, Marco Ricci, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, V. V. Malakhov, C. De Donato, A. Bruno, A.A. Kvashnin, V. Di Felice, P. Papini, G. Zampa, Beatrice Panico, Yuri Stozhkov, Valentina Scotti, E. Vannuccini, P. Picozza, P. Spillantini, Alexey Leonov, N. De Simone, V. G. Zverev, Mirko Boezio, V. Bonvicini, O. Adriani, Sergey Koldashov, E. Mocchiutti, V. V. Mikhailov, Ritabrata Sarkar, S. Bottai, G. A. Bazilevskaya, G. Castellini, M. Bongi, F. Cafagna, I. A. Danilchenko, A. V. Karelin, Roberto Bellotti, A. M. Galper, A. N. Kvashnin, S., Koldobskiya, O., Adriani, G. C., Barbarino, G. A., Bazilevskaya, R., Bellotti, M., Boezio, E. A., Bogomolov, M., Bongi, V., Bonvicini, S., Bottai, A., Bruno, F., Cafagna, D., Campana, R., Carbone, P., Carlson, M., Casolino, G., Castellini, I. A., Danilchenko, C., De Donato, C., De Santi, N., De Simone, V., Di Felice, V., Formato, A. M., Galper, A. V., Karelin, S. V., Koldashov, S. Y., Krutkov, A. A., Kvashnin, A. N., Kvashnin, A., Leonov, V. V., Malakhov, L., Marcelli, M., Martucci, A. G., Mayorov, W., Menn, M., Merge, V. V., Mikhailov, E., Mocchiutti, A., Monaco, N., Mori, Munini, Riccardo, G., Osteria, F., Palma, B., Panico, P., Papini, M., Pearce, P., Picozza, C., Pizzolotto, M., Ricci, S. B., Ricciarini, L., Rossetto, R., Sarkar, V., Scotti, M., Simon, R., Sparvoli, P., Spillantini, Stozhkov, Y. u. I., A., Vacchi, E., Vannuccini, G. I., Vasilyev, S. A., Voronov, Yurkin, Y. u. T., G., Zampa, N., Zampa, V. G., Zverev, Koldobskiy, S., Adriani, O., Barbarino, Giancarlo, Bazilevskaya, G. A., Bellotti, R., Boezio, M., Bogomolov, E. A., Bongi, M., Bonvicini, V., Bottai, S., Bruno, A., Cafagna, F., Campana, D., Carbone, R., Carlson, P., Casolino, M., Castellini, G., Danilchenko, I. A., De Donato, C., De Santis, C., De Simone, N., Di Felice, V., Formato, V., Galper, A. M., Karelin, A. V., Koldashov, S. V., Krutkov, S. Y., Kvashnin, A. A., Kvashnin, A. N., Leonov, A., Malakhov, V. V., Marcelli, L., Martucci, M., Mayorov, A. G., Menn, W., Merge, M., Mikhailov, V. V., Mocchiutti, E., Monaco, A., Mori, N., Munini, R., Osteria, G., Palma, F., Panico, B., Papini, P., Pearce, M., Picozza, P., Pizzolotto, C., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S. B., Rossetto, L., Sarkar, R., Scotti, V., Simon, M., Sparvoli, R., Spillantini, P., Vacchi, A., Vannuccini, E., Vasilyev, G. I., Voronov, S. A., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., and Zverev, V. G.

Subjects
deuteron, Nuclear Theory, General Physics and Astronomy, Geomagnetism, Solar radiation Artificial Earth satellites, Energy interval, High-precision, Instrument setup, Cosmic ray, Spectral line, Latitude, law.invention, Physics and Astronomy (all), cosmic rays, PAMELA, law, Nuclear Experiment, Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, Settore FIS/01, Physics, PAMELA detector, Astronomy, Albedo, Earth's magnetic field, Physics::Space Physics, PAMELA, cosmic rays, albedo particles, deuteron, Satellite, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Nucleon, albedo particles
Abstract

The results of measuring albedo deuteron fluxes in the vicinity of the Earth are presented. The data were obtained in the PAMELA experiment conducted aboard the Resurs DK-1 artificial Earth satellite. High-precision detectors of the instrument setup allow us to identify albedo deuterons and measure their spectra in the energy interval from 70 to 600 MeV/nucleon at altitudes of 350-600 km for different geomagnetic latitudes.

Published
2015

45. Searching for cosmic ray anisotropy using the calorimeter in the PAMELA experiment

Author

A. V. Karelin, Nicola Mori, W. Menn, Y. Wu, Andrea Vacchi, S. V. Borisov, G. A. Bazilevskaya, Giovanna Jerse, M. F. Runtso, A. M. Galper, R. Belotti, S. A. Voronov, A. N. Kvashnin, A. G. Mayorov, P. Picozza, C. Pizzolotto, Mirko Boezio, G. I. Vasilyev, R. Carbone, P. Spillantini, A. Bruno, L. Consiglio, Sergey Koldobskiy, G. C. Barbarino, C. De Santis, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, Alfonso Monaco, N. De Simone, Laura Rossetto, Yu. T. Yurkin, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, G. Castellini, Yu. I. Stozhkov, Giuseppe Osteria, Gianluigi Zampa, S. Bottai, V. V. Malakhov, V. G. Zverev, M. P. De Pascale, S. Yu. Krutkov, M. Bongi, E. A. Bogomolov, N. Zampa, Roberta Sparvoli, A. A. Leonov, Lorenzo Bonechi, D. Campana, Marco Casolino, L. Marcelli, O. Adriani, V. V. Mikhailov, P. Carlson, F. Cafagna, I. A. Danilchenko, S. V. Koldashov, Marco Ricci, E. Mocchiutti, M. Simon, V. Di Felice, V. Malvezzi, V. Bonvicini, A., Karelin, O., Adriani, Barbarino, Giancarlo, G., Bazilevskaya, R., Belotti, M., Boezio, E., Bogomolov, L., Bonechi, M., Bongi, V., Bonvicini, S. h., Borisov, S., Bottai, A., Bruno, A., Vacchi, E., Vannuccini, G., Vasilyev, S., Voronov, Y., Wu, A., Galper, I., Danilchenko, M. D., Pascale, C. D., Santi, N. D., Simone, V. D., Felice, G., Jerse, V., Zverev, G., Zampa, N., Zampa, F., Cafagna, D., Campana, R. h., Carbone, P., Carlson, M., Casolino, G., Castellini, A., Kvashnin, S., Koldashov, S., Koldobskiy, Consiglio, Lucia, S., Krutkov, A., Leonov, V., Malvezzi, L., Marcelli, A., Mayorov, V., Malakhov, W., Menn, V., Mikhailov, E., Mocchiutti, A., Monaco, N., Mori, Osteria, Giuseppe, P., Papini, M., Pearce, P., Picozza, C., Pizzolotto, M., Ricci, S., Ricciarini, L., Rossetto, M., Runtso, M., Simon, R., Sparvoli, P., Spillantini, Y., Stozhkov, and Y., Yurkin

Subjects
Physics, Range (particle radiation), Scintillation, genetic structures, Calorimeter (particle physics), PAMELA detector, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, General Physics and Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Electron, Radiation, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Calorimeters, law, A-particles, Cosmic ray anisotropy, Cosmic ray spectra, Electron component, Experiment study, Nuclear components, Position sensitive, Secondary particle, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Anisotropy, Cosmic rays, Experiment, Anisotropy
Abstract

The satellite-borne PAMELA experiment studies cosmic ray spectra over a wide range of energies. The instrument was placed in orbit in June 2006 and remains there to the present day. A position-sensitive calorimeter is one of the main parts of the PAMELA instrument. The calorimeter data are used to determine the energy of particles that interact within it, separate the electron component of the detected radiation from the nuclear component, and reconstruct the tracks of particles passing through the instrument. The special calorimeter and S4 scintillation shower detector triggers enables us to expand our statistics considerably. Using the calorimeter data in generating these triggers means we can study the anisotropy of cosmic rays with energies in excess of tens of GeV. This method of anisotropy detection is based on reconstructing the direction of a particle's arrival from the axis of the secondary particle cascade in the calorimeter. ?????? 2013 Allerton Press, Inc.

Published
2013

46. Space qualification tests of the PAMELA instrument

Author

P. Spinelli, G. Rossi, J. Lundquist, N. Zampa, M. Romita, Alessandra Menicucci, V. V. Mikhailov, R. E. Streitmatter, P. Carlson, M. G. Korotkov, M. Ambriola, M. P. De Pascale, S. Straulino, C. De Marzo, F. Taccetti, Roberta Sparvoli, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, O. Adriani, S. V. Koldashov, S. A. Voronov, Marco Ricci, M. Circella, Silvio Orsi, W. Menn, A. V. Bakaldin, R. Wischnewski, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, N. Mirizzi, E. A. Bogomolov, F. Cafagna, P. Spillantini, G. Vasiljev, P. Schiavon, V. I. Logachev, M. Boscherini, M. Minori, Giuseppe Osteria, N. Giglietto, S. Russo, G. Castellini, Vladimir Makhmutov, Mirko Boezio, Y. T. Yurkin, John Mitchell, S. J. Stochaj, S. Y. Krutkov, M. Simon, P. Picozza, A. M. Galper, R. Bencardino, J. Lund, E. Mocchiutti, G. A. Bazilevskaja, Massimo Bongi, Lorenzo Bonechi, A. Basili, Yu. I. Stozhkov, Roberto Bellotti, A. Morselli, A. N. Kvashnin, D. Campana, Gianluigi Zampa, Marco Casolino, M. Bonvicini, L. Bongiorno, O. Maksumov, Gianluca Furano, G. C. Barbarino, Andrea Vacchi, R., Sparvoli, Barbarino, Giancarlo, A., Basili, R., Bencardino, M., Casolino, M., Depascale, G., Furano, A., Menicucci, M., Minori, A., Morselli, and P., Picozza

Subjects
Physics, Atmospheric Science, Antiparticle, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Measure (physics), Cosmic antimatter, Magnetic spectrometer, Satellite experiment, Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, cosmic antimatter, satellite experiment, magnetic spectrometer, Space (mathematics), Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, Transition radiation detector, Geophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Physics::Space Physics, Qualification testing, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Satellite
Abstract

PAMELA is a satellite-borne experiment which will measure the antiparticle component of cosmic rays over an extended energy range and with unprecedented accuracy. The apparatus consists of a perman ...

Published
2006

47. Measurement of galactic cosmic-ray deuteron spectrum in the PAMELA experiment

Author

G. Osteria, Nicola Mori, Roberto Bellotti, S. Y. Krutkov, M. F. Runtso, S. V. Koldashov, Marco Ricci, S. A. Voronov, E. A. Bogomolov, A. N. Kvashnin, Valerio Formato, M. Bongi, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, C. De Santis, Gianluigi Zampa, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, A. V. Karelin, A. G. Mayorov, V. Bonvicini, P. Picozza, Laura Rossetto, V. V. Mikhailov, G. I. Vasilyev, P. Spillantini, S. V. Borisov, I. A. Danilchenko, C. Pizzolotto, L. Marcelli, A. M. Galper, O. Adriani, G. Castellini, A. Bruno, E. Mocchiutti, L. Consiglio, W. Menn, N. Zampa, M. P. De Pascale, Giovanna Jerse, Yuri Stozhkov, Y. T. Yurkin, V. Di Felice, N. De Simone, F. Cafagna, M. Simon, A. A. Leonov, V. V. Malakhov, Alfonso Monaco, S. Bottai, Per Carlson, Mirko Boezio, G. A. Bazilevskaya, Lorenzo Bonechi, Andrea Vacchi, D. Campana, R. Carbone, Sergey Koldobskiy, G. C. Barbarino, Marco Casolino, V. G. Zverev, Roberta Sparvoli, S. A., Koldobskiy, V., Formato, O., Adriani, Barbarino, Giancarlo, G. A., Bazilevskaya, R., Bellotti, M., Boezio, E. A., Bogomolov, L., Bonechi, M., Bongi, V., Bonvicini, S. V., Borisov, S., Bottai, A., Bruno, A., Vacchi, E., Vannuccini, G., Vasilyev, S. A., Voronov, A. M., Galper, I. A., Danilchenko, M. P., Pascale, C., Santi, N., Simone, V., Felice, G., Jerse, V. G., Zverev, G., Zampa, N., Zampa, A. V., Karelin, F., Cafagna, D., Campana, R., Carbone, P., Carlson, M., Casolino, G., Castellini, A. N., Kvashnin, S. V., Koldashov, Consiglio, Lucia, S. Y., Krutkov, A. A., Leonov, L., Marcelli, A. G., Mayorov, V. V., Malakhov, W., Menn, V. V., Mikhailov, E., Mocchiutti, A., Monaco, N., Mori, Osteria, Giuseppe, P., Papini, M., Pearce, P., Picozza, C., Pizzolotto, M., Ricci, S. B., Ricciarini, L., Rossetto, M. F., Runtso, M. M., Simon, R., Sparvoli, P., Spillantini, Y. I., Stozhkov, and Y. T., Yurkin

Subjects
Physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Deuterium, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Physics::Space Physics, Hadron, General Physics and Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Spectrum (topology)
Abstract

This work presents the results of measuring the deuteron spectrum of Galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) with the PAMELA experiment. The PAMELA is an international experiment. Its main objectives are to se ...

Published
2013

48. High‐Energy Deuteron Measurement with the CAPRICE98 Experiment

Author

M. Ambriola, Roberta Sparvoli, C. De Marzo, Tom Francke, Peter Hansen, W. Menn, V. Bonvicini, P. Papini, D. Bergström, A. Morselli, E. Vannuccini, J. Kremer, P. Schiavon, Marco Ricci, M. Simon, John Mitchell, M. Suffert, Jonathan F. Ormes, S. J. Stochaj, Roberto Bellotti, Per Carlson, Marco Casolino, S. A. Stephens, M. P. De Pascale, F. Cafagna, M. Hof, A. Vacchi, E. Mocchiutti, S. Piccardi, R. E. Streitmatter, Piero Spillantini, F. Ciacio, M. Circella, Ulisse Bravar, P. Picozza, S. Bartalucci, Mirko Boezio, N. Zampa, P., Papini, S., Piccardi, P., Spillantini, E., Vannuccini, M., Ambriola, R., Bellotti, F., Cafagna, F., Ciacio, M., Circella, C. N., De Marzo, S., Bartalucci, M., Ricci, D., Bergström, P., Carlson, T., Francke, P., Hansen, E., Mocchiutti, M., Boezio, V., Bonvicini, Schiavon, Paolo, A., Vacchi, N., Zampa, U., Bravar, S. J., Stochaj, M., Casolino, M. P., De Pascale, A., Morselli, P., Picozza, R., Sparvoli, M., Hof, J., Kremer, W., Menn, M., Simon, J. W., Mitchell, J. F., Orme, S. A., Stephen, R. E., Streitmatter, and M., Suffert

Subjects
Physics, Range (particle radiation), Spectrometer, Proton, Calorimeter (particle physics), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Kinetic energy, Nuclear physics, Deuterium, Space and Planetary Science, Nuclear Experiment, Nucleon
Abstract

We report the first measurement of the deuterium abundance in cosmic rays above 10 GeV nucleon � 1 of kinetic energy. The data were collected by the balloon-borne experiment CAPRICE98, which was flown on 1998 May 28–29 from Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The detector configuration included the NMSU-WiZard/CAPRICE superconducting magnet spectrometer equipped with a gas RICH detector, a silicon-tungsten calorimeter, and a time-of-flight system. By combining the information from the spectrometer and the RICH detector, it was possible to separate deuterons from protons in the kinetic energy range from 12 to 22 GeV nucleon � 1 .I n order to estimate the proton background and the deuteron selection efficiency, we developed an empirical model for the response of the instrument, based on the data collected in this experiment. The analysis procedure is described in this paper, and the result on the absolute flux of deuterium is presented. We found that the deuterium abundance at high energy is consistent with the hypothesis that the propagation mechanism of light nuclei is the same as that of heavier secondary components. Subject headings: balloons — cosmic rays — Galaxy: abundances — ISM: abundances

Published
2004

49. Secondary electron and positron fluxes in the near-Earth space observed in the ARINA and PAMELA experiments

Author

G. C. Barbarino, Roberta Sparvoli, N. Zampa, L. A. Grishantseva, D. Fedele, M. Bongi, N. De Simone, V. Bonvicini, F. Cafagna, M. Simon, Yu. I. Stozhkov, A. A. Leonov, E. Mocchiutti, M. P. De Pascale, A. M. Galper, S. Yu. Krutkov, G. De Rosa, A. N. Kvashnin, G. V. Vasiliev, V. G. Zverev, Lorenzo Bonechi, O. Adriani, Petter Hofverberg, V. V. Malakhov, V. Malvezzi, E. Taddei, V. M. Boezio, Silvio Orsi, W. Menn, S. V. Koldashov, Yu. T. Yurkin, Marco Ricci, V. V. Mikhailov, P. Spillantini, Giuseppe Osteria, P. Carlson, Marco Casolino, A. Vacchi, A. Bruno, M. A. Bzheumikhova, T. D. Campana, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, S. Bottai, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, T. P. Picozza, V. Di Felice, S. A. Voronov, G. Castellini, L. Marcelli, E. A. Bogomolov, G. Zampa, T. R. Bellotti, G. A. Bazilevskaya, O., Adriani, G. A., Bazilevskaya, Barbarino, Giancarlo, T. R., Bellotti, M. A., Bzheumikhova, E. A., Bogomolov, V. M., Boezio, V., Bonvicini, M., Bongi, L., Bonechi, S., Bottai, A., Bruno, A., Vacchi, E., Vannuccini, G. V., Vasiliev, S. A., Voronov, A. M., Galper, L. A., Grishantseva, G., Zampa, N., Zampa, V. G., Zverev, M., Casolino, T. D., Campana, P., Carlson, G., Castellini, F., Cafagna, A. N., Kvashnin, S. V., Koldashov, Krutkov, S. Y. u., A. A., Leonov, V. V., Malakhov, V., Malvezzi, L., Marcelli, W., Menn, V. V., Mikhailov, E., Mocchiutti, S., Orsi, G., Osteria, P., Papini, M. P., Pascale, T. P., Picozza, M., Pearce, DE ROSA, Gianfranca, M., Ricci, S. B., Ricciarini, M., Simon, N., Simone, R., Sparvoli, P., Spillantini, Stozhkov, Y. u. I., E., Taddei, V., Felice, D., Fedele, P., Hofverberg, and Yurkin, Y. u. T.

Subjects
Energy ranges, Elliptic orbit, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Near-earth spaces, General Physics and Astronomy, Electrons, Geomagnetic equators, Astrophysics, Electron, Secondary electrons, Secondary emission, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, Elliptical orbits, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Positrons, Altitude, Positron, Magnetic anomaly, Physics, Range (particle radiation), Geomagnetism, Earth (planet), Physics::Space Physics, Satellite
Abstract

Secondary electron and positron fluxes in the energy range from 3 MeV to 7 GeV were measured with the ARINA and PAMELA spectrometers onboard the Resurs-DK satellite launched on June 15, 2006 into an elliptical orbit with an inclination of 70.4° and an altitude of 350-600 km. It is shown that positrons dominate over electrons by a factor of up to 4-5 in the geomagnetic equator region (L 0.25).

Published
2009

50. The Pamela experiment ready for flight

Author

A. M. Galper, F. Cafagna, G. Vasiljev, A. V. Bakaldin, M. Ambriola, M. Nagni, O. Adriani, M. Simon, Silvio Orsi, W. Menn, Massimo Bongi, Roberta Sparvoli, G. A. Bazilevskaja, E. Taddei, S. A. Voronov, C. De Marzo, R. Y. Stozhkov, S. Y. Krutkov, Petter Hofverberg, P. Schiavon, John Mitchell, E. A. Bogomolov, R. Mukhametshin, Giuseppe Osteria, S. J. Stochaj, V. Malvezzi, S. V. Koldashov, D. Fedele, M. G. Korotkov, A. Grigorjeva, Mirko Boezio, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, Marco Ricci, S. A. Stephens, N. Zampa, M. Albi, M. Circella, P. Papini, S. Russo, V. V. Mikhailov, E. Vannuccini, P. Carlson, A. Vacchi, G. Castellini, A. Basili, M. Boscherini, M. P. De Pascale, E. Streitmatter, F. Altamura, R. Bencardino, J. Lund, P. Picozza, V. Bonvicini, L. Marcelli, Roberto Bellotti, P. Spillantini, A. Morselli, E. Mocchiutti, M. Grandi, G. Zampa, S. Bottai, Y. T. Yurkin, D. Campana, Marco Casolino, M. Minori, Lorenzo Bonechi, J. Lundquist, G. C. Barbarino, L. Bongiorno, O., Adriani, M., Albi, F., Altamura, M., Ambriola, A., Bakaldin, G. C., Barbarino, A., Basili, G., Bazilevskaja, R., Bellotti, R., Bencardino, M., Boezio, E., Bogomolov, L., Bonechi, M., Bongi, L., Bongiorno, V., Bonvicini, M., Boscherini, S., Bottai, F., Cafagna, D., Campana, P., Carlson, M., Casolino, G., Castellini, M., Circella, C., De Marzo, M. P., De Pascale, D., Fedele, A. M., Galper, A., Grigorjeva, M., Grandi, P., Hofverberg, S. V., Koldashov, M. G., Korotkov, S., Krutkov, J., Lund, J., Lundquist, V., Malvezzi, L., Marcelli, W., Menn, V. V., Mikhailov, M., Minori, J. W., Mitchell, E., Mocchiutti, A., Morselli, R., Mukhametshin, M., Nagni, S., Orsi, G., Osteria, P., Papini, M., Pearce, P., Picozza, M., Ricci, S., Ricciarini, S., Russo, Schiavon, Paolo, M., Simon, P., Spillantini, R., Sparvoli, S. A., Stephen, S. J., Stochaj, R. Y., Stozhkov, E., Streitmatter, E., Taddei, A., Vacchi, E., Vannuccini, G., Vasiljev, S. A., Voronov, Y., Yurkin, G., Zampa, N., Zampa, Barbarino, Giancarlo, and Pamela, Collaboration

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Antiparticle, Nuclear physics, Cosmic ray, Antiprotons, Calorimeters, Cosmic rays, Particle accelerators, Spectrometers, Antiparticles component, Magnetic spectrometer, Pamela apparatus, Radiation detectors, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, law.invention, Low earth orbit, law, Component (UML), Calorimeter, Instrumentation, Physics, Calorimeter (particle physics), PAMELA detector, Antiproton
Abstract

The Pamela apparatus will allow precise measurements of cosmic rays in Low Earth Orbit, mainly focusing on the antiparticles component. The apparatus is now ready for flight, and the launch is foreseen during June 2006. The paper briefly reports the status of the experiment, and the performances of the various components as measured before the launch.

Published
2007

Catalog

Books, media, physical & digital resources
See catalog results