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Papini, P.; Adriani, O.; Ambriola, M.; Barbarino, G.C.; Basili, A.; Bazilevskaja, G.A.; Boezio, M.; Bogomolov, E.A.; Bonechi, L.; Bongi, M.; Bongiorno, L.; Bonvicini, V.; Bruno, A.; Cafagna, F.; Campana, D.; Carlson, P.; Casolino, M.; Castellini, G.; Conrad, J.; De Marzo, C.; De Pascale, M.P.; De Rosa, G.; Di Felice, V.; Fedele, D.; Galper, A.M.; Hofverberg, P.; Koldashov, S.V.; Krutkov, S.Yu; Kvashnin, A.N.; Lund, J.; Lundquist, J.; Maksumov, O.; Malvezzi, V.; Marcelli, L.; Menn, W.; Mikhailov, V.V.; Minori, M.; Misin, S.; Mocchiutti, E.; Morselli, A.; Nikonov, N.N.; Orsi, S.; Osteria, G.; Pearce, M.; Picozza, P.; Ricci, M.; Ricciarini, S.B.; Runtso, M.F.; Russo, S.; Simon, M.; Sparvoli, R.; Spillantini, P.; Stozhkov, Yu.I.; Taddei, E.; Vacchi, A.; Vannuccini, E.; Voronov, S.A.; Yurkin, Y.T.; Zampa, G.; Zampa, N.; Zverev, V.G.
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 04/2008, Volume: 588, Issue: 1-2Journal Article
PAMELA is a satellite-borne experiment designed to study with great accuracy charged particles in the cosmic radiation with a particular focus on antiparticles. The experiment, housed on board the Russian Resurs-DK1 satellite, was launched on June 15, 2006 in a 350×600km orbit with an inclination of 70∘. The apparatus comprises a time-of-flight system, a silicon-microstrip magnetic spectrometer, a silicon–tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter, an anticoincidence system, a shower tail catcher scintillator and a neutron detector. The combination of these devices allows charged particle identification over a wide energy range. In this work, the detector design is reviewed and the in-orbit performances in the first months after the launch are presented.
