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Licht Nuclei Identification in Cosmic Rays in the Pamela Experiment by Multiple Measurements of Energy Loss Along the Particle Track

https://doi.org/10.56304/S2079562920060020

Abstract

The article presents a method for identifying light nuclei in cosmic rays from PAMELA spectrometer measurements of magnetic rigidity and energy losses of particles along the track in the time-of-flight and tracking systems. Nuclei from hydrogen to boron inclusive are separated by analyzing energy loss distributions in detector planes caused by their fluctuations. The identification quality estimate and the error (misidentification) probability are also calculated for each nucleus on the basis of Geant4 simulation data.

About the Authors

V. V. Alekseev
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute); Demidov Yaroslavl State University
Russian Federation

V. V. Alekseev, 

Moscow, 115409;

Yaroslavl, 150003.



O. A. Golub
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Russian Federation

O. A. Golub,

Moscow, 115409.



A. G. Mayorov
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Russian Federation

A. G. Mayorov,

Moscow, 115409.



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Alekseev V.V., Golub O.A., Mayorov A.G. Licht Nuclei Identification in Cosmic Rays in the Pamela Experiment by Multiple Measurements of Energy Loss Along the Particle Track. Nuclear Physics and Engineering. 2021;12(1):59-63. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.56304/S2079562920060020

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