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Secondary positrons and electrons in near-Earth space in the PAMELA experiment

  • Proceedings of the 34th All-Russian Conference on Cosmic Rays
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Fluxes of electrons and positrons with energies above ~100 MeV in the near-Earth space are measured with the PAMELA magnetic spectrometer aboard the Resurs DK-1 satellite launched on June 15, 2006, into a quasipolar orbit with an altitude of 350–600 km and an inclination of 70°. Calculating the trajectories of detected electrons and positrons in the magnetosphere of the Earth allows us to determine their origin and isolate particles produced during interaction between cosmic rays and the residual atmosphere. Spatial distributions of albedo, quasitrapped, and trapped (in the radiation belt) positrons and electrons are presented. The ratio of positron and electron fluxes suggests that the fluxes of trapped particles of the radiation belt and quasitrapped secondary particles have different mechanisms of formation.

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  1. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russia

    V. V. Mikhailov, S. A. Voronov, A. M. Galper, A. V. Karelin, S. V. Koldashov, S. A. Koldobskiy, A. A. Leonov, A. G. Mayorov, V. V. Malakhov, M. F. Runtso, P. Spillantini & Y. T. Yurkin

  2. Department of Physics, University of Florence, I-50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy

    O. Adriani & M. Bongi

  3. INFN, Sezione di Florence, I-50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy

    O. Adriani, M. Bongi, S. Bottai, E. Vannuccini, N. Mori, P. Papini & S. B. Ricciarini

  4. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    G. A. Bazilevskaya, A. A. Kvashnin, A. N. Kvashnin & Y. I. Stozhkov

  5. Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II, I-80126, Naples, Italy

    G. C. Barbarino

  6. INFN, Sezione di Naples, I-80126, Naples, Italy

    G. C. Barbarino, D. Campana, G. Osteria & B. Panico

  7. Department of Physics, University of Bari, I-70126, Bari, Italy

    R. Bellotti, A. Bruno & A. Monaco

  8. INFN, Sezione di Bari, I-70126, Bari, Italy

    R. Bellotti, A. Bruno, F. Cafagna & A. Monaco

  9. Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    E. A. Bogomolov, G. I. Vasilyev & S. Y. Krutkov

  10. INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-34149, Trieste, Italy

    M. Boezio, V. Bonvicini, A. Vacchi, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, E. Mocchiutti & R. Munini

  11. Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Udine, I-33100, Udine, Italy

    A. Vacchi

  12. INFN, Sezione di Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133, Rome, Italy

    C. De Santis, V. Di Felice, M. Casolino, M. Merge, P. Picozza & R. Sparvoli

  13. Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133, Rome, Italy

    C. De Santis, M. Martucci, L. Marcelli, M. Merge, P. Picozza & R. Sparvoli

  14. Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Science Data Center, I-00133, Rome, Italy

    V. Di Felice

  15. Department of Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden

    P. Carlson & M. Pearce

  16. Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova University Centre, SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden

    P. Carlson & M. Pearce

  17. IFAC, I-50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy

    G. Castellini

  18. Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, I-00044, Frascati, Italy

    M. Martucci & M. Ricci

  19. Department of Physics, Universität Siegen, D-57068, Siegen, Germany

    W. Menn & M. Simon

  20. Department of Physics, University of Trieste, I-34147, Trieste, Italy

    R. Munini

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  1. V. V. Mikhailov
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Original Russian Text © V.V. Mikhailov, O. Adriani, G.A. Bazilevskaya, G.C. Barbarino, R. Bellotti, E.A. Bogomolov, M. Boezio, V. Bonvicini, M. Bongi, S. Bottai, A. Bruno, A. Vacchi, E. Vannuccini, G.I. Vasilyev, S.A. Voronov, A.M. Galper, C. De Santis, V. Di Felice, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, M. Casolino, D. Campana, A.V. Karelin, P. Carlson, G. Castellini, F. Cafagna, A.A. Kvashnin, A.N. Kvashnin, S.V. Koldashov, S.A. Koldobskiy, S.Y. Krutkov, A.A. Leonov, A.G. Mayorov, V.V. Malakhov, M. Martucci, L. Marcelli, W. Menn, M. Merge, E. Mocchiutti, A. Monaco, N. Mori, R. Munini, G. Osteria, B. Panico, P. Papini, P. Picozza, M. Pearce, M. Ricci, S.B. Ricciarini, M.F. Runtso, M. Simon, R. Sparvoli, P. Spillantini, Y.I. Stozhkov, Y.T. Yurkin, 2017, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2017, Vol. 81, No. 2, pp. 222–224.

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Mikhailov, V.V., Adriani, O., Bazilevskaya, G.A. et al. Secondary positrons and electrons in near-Earth space in the PAMELA experiment. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 81, 203–205 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873817020289

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