Author/Authors :
Campana، نويسنده , , D. and Carbone، نويسنده , , R. and De Rosa، نويسنده , , G. and Osteria، نويسنده , , G. and Russo، نويسنده , , S. and Menn، نويسنده , , W. and Malvezzi، نويسنده , , V. and Marcelli، نويسنده , , L. and Picozza، نويسنده , , P. and Sparvoli، نويسنده , , R. and Bonechi، نويسنده , , L. and Bongi، نويسنده , , M. and Ricciarini، نويسنده , , S. and Vannuccini، نويسنده , , E.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
PAMELA is a space telescope orbiting around the Earth since June 2006. The scientific objectives addressed by the mission are the measurement of the antiprotons and positrons spectra in cosmic rays, the hunt for anti-nuclei as well as the determination of light nuclei fluxes from hydrogen to oxygen in a wide energy range and with very high statistics. In this paper the charge discrimination capabilities of the PAMELA Time-Of-Flight system for light nuclei, determined during a beam test calibration, will be presented.
Keywords :
Scintillation detectors , Cosmic rays , abundances , Satellite-borne experiment
