PAMELA: A satellite experiment for antiparticles measurement in cosmic rays

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3 III, 2004, Pages 854-859

  Bongi, Massimo ^a   Adriani, O ^b   Ambriola, M ^c   Bakaldin, A ^d   Barbarino, G C ^e   Basili, A ^f   Bazilevskaja, G ^g   Bellotti, R ^c   Bencardino, R ^f   Boezio, M ^h   Bogomolov, E A ⁱ   Bonechi, L ^b   Bongiorno, L ^f   Bonvicini, V ^h   Boscherini, M ^j   Cafagna, F S ^c   Campana, D ^e   Carlson, P ^k   Casolino, M ^f   Castellini, G ^l   Circella, M ^c   De Marzo, C N ^c   De Pascale, M P ^f   Furano, G ^f   Galper, A M ^d   Giglietto, N ^c   Grigorjeva, A ^g   Koldashov, S V ^d   Korotkov, M G ^d   Krut'kov, S Y ⁱ   Lund, J ^k   Lundquist, J ^h,k   Menicucci, A ^f   Menn, W ^j   Mikhailov, V V ^d   Minori, M ^f   Mirizzi, N ^c   Mitchell, J W ^m   Mocchiutti, E ^h,k   Morselli, A ^f   Mukhametshin, R ^g   Orsi, S ^k   Osteria, G ^e   Papini, P ^b   Pearce, M ^k   Picozza, P ^f   Ricci, M ⁿ   Ricciarini, S B ^b   Romita, M ^c   Rossi, G ^e   Russo, S ^e   Schiavon, P ^h   Simon, M ^j   Sparvoli, R ^f   Spillantini, P ^b   Spinelli, P ^c   Stochaj, S J ^o   Stozhkov, Y ^g   Straulino, S ^b   Streitmatter, R E ^m   Taccetti, F ^b   Vacchi, A ^h   Vannuccini, E ^b   Vasilyev, G I ⁱ   Voronov, S A ^d   Wischnewski, R ^f   Yurkin, Y ^d   Zampa, G ^h   Zampa, N ^h   more..

^a INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^g LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

ⁱ IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^k ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^l CNR   (Italy)

^m NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^o NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Antimatter; Cosmic rays; Satellite experiment

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRIP DEVICES; NEUTRON DETECTORS; PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; PHOSPHORS; POSITRONS; PROTONS; ROCKETS; SATELLITES;

ANTIMATTER; ELECTROMAGNETIC IMAGING CALORIMETERS; MAGNETIC SPECTROMETERS; SATELLITE EXPERIMENT;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 3342882007     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.829504     Document Type: Conference Paper

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