Speaker
Dr
Emiliano Mocchiutti
(INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) Trieste)
Description
PAMELA is a satellite borne experiment designed to study with great
accuracy cosmic rays in a wide energy range. The study of the antimatter
component is one of the PAMELA main objectives. The lepton component of
cosmic radiation has been measured by PAMELA in a wide energy range with
unprecedent sensitivity. The experiment, housed on board the Russian
Resurs-DK1 satellite, was launched on June 15th 2006 in a 350 - 600 km
orbit with an inclination of 70 degrees. The measurement of galactic
electron and positron spectra in the energy range between 1 GeV and few
hundred GeV will be presented.
Primary author
Dr
Emiliano Mocchiutti
(INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) Trieste)
