Published April 1, 2001 | Version v1
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The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment on the International Space Station

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The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a detector designed to operate in space to search for antimatter components in cosmic ray, the annihilation products of darkmatter and to study the antiprotons, positrons and light nuclei. A 'baseline' version of the experiment has successfully completed the precursor flight on Space Shuttle Discovery (June 2-12, 1998). The complete AMS is programmed for installation on International Space Station in year 2003 for an operational period of 3 years. In this contribution we report on the experimental configuration of AMS that will be installed on International Space Station

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S0168900200012237;

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Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
461
Journal Issue
1-3
Journal Page Range
p. 272-274
ISSN
0168-9002
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NIMAER

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Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
33049000
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ANNIHILATION; COSMIC NUCLEI; COSMIC POSITRONS; COSMIC RAY DETECTION; ION DETECTION; MAGNETIC SPECTROMETERS; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; POSITRON DETECTION; SPACE FLIGHT
Descriptors DEC
ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; COSMIC RADIATION; DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; INTERACTIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MATTER; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEI; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; POSITRONS; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION; SPECTROMETERS

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Copyright (c) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.