Cosmic-ray observations of the heliosphere with the PAMELA experiment |
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| Institution: | 1. INFN, Structure of Rome II, and Physics Department, University of Rome II “Tor Vergata”, I-00133 Rome, Italy;2. INFN, Structure of Bari, and Physics Department, University of Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy;3. INFN, Structure of Florence, and Physics Department, University of Florence, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy;4. CNR – Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Nello Carrara”, I-50127 Florence, Italy;5. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy;6. NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 20771 Greenbelt, MD, USA;7. PAL, New Mexico State University, 88003-8001 Las Cruces, NM, USA;8. Lebedev Physical Institute, RU-119991 Moscow, Russia;9. Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute, RU-115409 Moscow, Russia;10. INFN, Structure of Naples, and Physics Department, University of Naples “Federico II”, I-80126 Naples, Italy;11. Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, RU-194021 St. Petersburg, Russia;12. Universität Siegen, D-57068 Siegen, Germany;13. Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden;14. INFN, Structure of Trieste, and Physics Department, University of Trieste, I-34147 Trieste, Italy |
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| Abstract: | The PAMELA experiment is a multi-purpose apparatus built around a permanent magnet spectrometer, with the main goal of studying in detail the antiparticle component of cosmic rays. The apparatus will be carried in space by means of a Russian satellite, due to launch in 2005, for a three year-long mission. The characteristics of the detectors composing the instrument, alongside the long lifetime of the mission and the orbital characteristics of the satellite, will allow to address several items of cosmic-ray physics. In this paper, we will focus on the solar and heliospheric observation capabilities of PAMELA. |
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