Capability of the PAMELA Time-Of-Flight to identify light nuclei: Results from a beam test calibration

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 598, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 696-701

  Campana, D ^a   Carbone, R ^a,d   De Rosa, G ^b   Osteria, G ^a   Russo, S ^b   Menn, W ^c   Malvezzi, V ^d   Marcelli, L ^d   Picozza, P ^d   Sparvoli, R ^d   Bonechi, L ^e   Bongi, M ^f   Ricciarini, S ^f   Vannuccini, E ^f  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abundances; Cosmic rays; Satellite borne experiment; Scintillation detectors

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COSMIC RAYS; HYDROGEN; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; NEGATIVE IONS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; OXYGEN; PARTICLE DETECTORS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

ABUNDANCES; ANTI-PROTONS; BEAM TESTS; DISCRIMINATION CAPABILITIES; FLIGHT SYSTEMS; LIGHT NUCLEUSES; SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES; SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; WIDE ENERGY RANGES;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 58049196813     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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