A second level trigger for the PAMELA satellite experiment

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-40

  Orsi, S ^a   Lundquist, J ^a,d   Boezio, M ^b   Bonvicini, V ^b   Carlson, P ^a   Lund, J ^a   Menicucci, A ^b,c   Mocchiutti, E ^b   Pearce, M ^a   Picozza, P ^c   Vacchi, A ^b   Zampa, G ^b   Zampa, N ^b  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^b SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d AGFA ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antimatter; Antiprotons; Cosmic rays; Positrons; Second level trigger; Space experiment

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; POSITRONS; PROTONS; SILICON; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPECTROMETERS;

ANTIMATTER; ANTIPROTONS; SECOND LEVEL TRIGGER; SPACE EXPERIMENT;

SATELLITES;

EID: 31144476954     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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