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Capability of the PAMELA Time-Of-Flight to identify light nuclei: results from a beam test calibration
PAMELA is a space telescope orbiting around the Earth since June 2006. The
scientific objectives addressed by the mission are the measurement of the
antiprotons and positrons spectra in cosmic rays, the hunt for anti-nuclei as
well as the determination of light nuclei fluxes from Hydrogen to Oxygen in a
wide energy range and with very high statistics. In this paper the charge
discrimination capabilities of the PAMELA Time-Of-Flight system for light
nuclei, determined during a beam test calibration, will be presented.Comment: 17 pages, 9 figures, accepted for pubblication in NIM
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