AMS - a magnetic spectrometer on the international space station
Lu\'isa Arruda, Rui Pereira, Fernando Bar\~ao, Gaspar Barreira, Jo\~ao, Borges, Patr\'icia Gon\c{c}alves, M\'ario Pimenta
TL;DR
The AMS is a sophisticated particle detector installed on the ISS to search for cosmic antimatter and dark matter, providing precise measurements of cosmic rays and their composition.
Contribution
This paper introduces the AMS spectrometer with a novel RICH detector for high-accuracy charge and velocity measurements in space.
Findings
Successful test beam results demonstrating detector capabilities
Enhanced accuracy in charge and velocity measurements
Potential to discover antimatter and dark matter in cosmic rays
Abstract
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a particle detector, designed to search for cosmic antimatter and dark matter and to study the elemental and isotopic composition of primary cosmic rays, that will be installed on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2008 to operate for at least three years. The detector will be equipped with a ring imaging Cherenkov detector (RICH) enabling measurements of particle electric charge and velocity with unprecedented accuracy. Physics prospects and test beam results are shortly presented.
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Taxonomy
TopicsDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena · Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research · Particle Detector Development and Performance