RIM Russian Italian Missions Piergiorgio Picozza INFN and University of “Rome Tor Vergata”
BariFlorenceFrascati Italy: TriesteNaplesRome CNR, Florence Moscow St. Petersburg Russia: India: Mumbay Germany: Siegen Sweden: KTH, Stockholm RIM COLLABORATION
1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009…… PAMELA NINA-2 NINA-1 NINA-2 SILEYE-2SILEYE-1 ALTEINO: SILEYE-3 SILEYE-1 SILEYE-2Alteino-SILEYE-3Lazio ALTEA SI-RAD Si-Rad RIM PROGRAM PAMELA ALTEA: SILEYE-4 LAZIO SIRAD
ZENIT rocket Baikonur, Kazakhstan July COSMOS rocket Plesetsk, Russia July NINA2-MITA 89° 440 km NINA-RESURS 97° 810 km
NINA Missions Nuclei P-Fe MeV/n Cosmic Rays: Galactic Trapped Solar Flares NINA 1 NINA 2
Galactic Cosmic Rays Cosmic ray abundances, with the odd-even effect, the peaks at C and O, and the relative depression of the light elements Li, Be and B Very good agreement among SIS, CRIS and NINA results
Solar Energetic Particles Time (day)Particles *100 /(cm2 sr s) S(E) = A exp(- )+ B(E) B(E) galactic background B(E) galactic background 3 He : ( = 2.5 ± 0.6) 4 He : ( = 3.7 ± 0.3) 3 He/ 4 He ratio increases with energy
Light Flashes
The Detectors on board ISS
ALTEA: July on board ISS SilEye projects SDU: 3 silicon planes with double detector, view X e Y: area: 2 x (8 x 8) cm 2 pitch: 2.4 mm 32 strips per view thickness 380 µm threshold 0.21 MeV saturation 160 MeV planes distance : 3.75 cm maximum error of angular reconstruction: ±1.8° (Silicon Detector System, Composed by 6 SDU, Silicon Detector Units) SDS EEG (Visual Stimulator Unit) VSU University of Genoa University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
ALTEA / Si-Rad Facility at Houston
Pamela Flight Model ARKADY M. GALPER TALK
June