TeV Electrons and Positrons Measured by PAMELA Spectrometer

Abstract

Abstract-The PAMELA magnetic spectrometer was launched onboard the Resurs-DK1 satellite to the Earth polar orbit with altitude of 350–600 km to study the fluxes of cosmic ray particles and antiparticles in a wide energy range. Starting science operation in July 2006, PAMELA spectrometer performed continuous observation without major interruption till January 2016 collected about 10 billion trigger events. New analysis included data for all period of observations in 2006–2016 with improved selection efficiency and it allows to extend measurements of total electron and positron flux in TeV region with better statistic accuracy. In this paper, the observed energy spectrum of electrons and positrons is presented and compared with the other modern measurements.