Published August 1, 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

The time of flight detector of the AMS-02 experiment on the international space station

  • 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.2012.11.061

Additional 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)

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.