Published December 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Cosmic antiproton spectrum measurement modelling with the AMS-02 detector at ISS

Description

The results of the MC feasibility study of the AMS-02 Detector cosmic-ray p-bar spectrum measurement capability are presented. AMS will be able to provide accurate measurements of the above spectrum in a broad energy range (up to hundreds of GeV) with a few percent energy resolution. The AMS p-bar acceptance has been estimated to be around 0.16 m2sr for low energy particles and 0.03 m2sr for high energy ones, with maximal opening angle of 35 deg. and 20 deg. correspondingly. The systematic study of the background events has been done, the irreducible background to signal ratio below a few percent level being obtained

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Identifiers

PII
S0920563202018388;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
113
Journal Issue
1-3
Journal Page Range
p. 170-176
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
1. international conference on particle and fundamental physics in space
Acronym
SpacePart 2002
Dates
14-19 May 2002
Place
La Biodola, Elba (Italy)

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.