Published February 21, 2011
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Journal article
The performance of the AMS-02 silicon tracker evaluated during the pre-integration phase of the spectrometer
Description
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is a large acceptance cosmic-ray detector (0.5 m2 sr) designed to operate at an altitude of 400 km on the International Space Station. The AMS-02 silicon tracker contains 2264 silicon microstrip sensors (total active area 6.75 m2). The internal alignment parameters of the assembled tracker have been determined on the ground with cosmic-ray muons. The results for the alignment precision and position resolution are reported.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.06.032Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2010.06.032;
- PII
- S0168-9002(10)01222-2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 630
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 78-81
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
Conference
- Title
- 2. Roma international conference on astroparticle physics
- Acronym
- RICAP 2009
- Dates
- 13-15 May 2009
- Place
- Rome (Italy)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 42096731
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCURACY; ALIGNMENT; ALPHA SPECTROMETERS; ALTITUDE; CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAY DETECTION; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION; MAGNETIC SPECTROMETERS; MUONS; PERFORMANCE; POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS; RESOLUTION; SENSORS; SI MICROSTRIP DETECTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EVALUATION; FERMIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; SATELLITES; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SI SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SPACE VEHICLES; SPECTROMETERS; VEHICLES
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.