Published August 1, 2013
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Journal article
The time of flight detector of the AMS-02 experiment on the international space station
Creators
- 1. CERN, CH-1211, Geneva 23 (Switzerland)
- 2. Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Hawaii, 2505 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI (United States)
- 3. Physics Department, University of Bologna, via Irnerio, 40100 Bologna (Italy)
- 4. INFN sez. Bologna, viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40100 Bologna (Italy)
- 5. CIEMAT, Avenida Complutense 40, 28040 Madrid (Spain)
Description
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer AMS-02 has been installed in May 19, 2011 on the International Space Station, where it will detect cosmic rays for the next decades. AMS-02 with its accurate measurements up to the TeV scale will contribute to our knowledge of the Universe providing the most sensitive search for the existence of primordial anti matter and indirect search for dark matter. The Time Of Flight (TOF) detector of the AMS-02 experiment provides the trigger to the AMS detector, the time of flight and the absolute charge measurements. The flight operations and the performances of the TOF in Space will be presented
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.11.061Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2012.11.061;
- PII
- S0168-9002(12)01398-8;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 718
- Journal Page Range
- p. 478-480
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
Conference
- Title
- 12. Pisa meeting on advanced detectors
- Dates
- 20-26 May 2012
- Place
- La Biodola, Elba (Italy)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 45047942
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMIC RAY DETECTION; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION; MAGNETIC SPECTROMETERS; MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; PERFORMANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; TEV RANGE; TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD; TRIGGER CIRCUITS; UNIVERSE
- Descriptors DEC
- DETECTION; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; ENERGY RANGE; MATTER; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PULSE CIRCUITS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; SATELLITES; SPACE VEHICLES; SPECTROMETERS; VEHICLES
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.