The AMS-01 Aerogel Threshold Cherenkov counter

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer in a precursor version (AMS-01), was flown in June 1998 on a 51.6 degrees orbit and at altitudes ranging between 320 and 390 km, on board of the space shuttle Discovery (flight STS-91). AMS-01 included an Aerogel Threshold Cherenkov counter (ATC) to separate antiproto...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Barancourt, D., Barao, F., Barbier, G., Barreira, G., Buenerd, M., Castellini, G., Choumilov, E., Favier, J., Fouque, N., Gougas, A., Hermel, V., Kossakowski, R., Laborie, G., Laurenti, G., Lee, S.C., Mayet, F., Meillon, B., Oyang, Y.T., Plyaskin, V., Pojidaev, V., Rossin, C., Santos, D., Vezzu, F., Vialle, J.P.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2001
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Astrophysics and Astronomy
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00464-8
http://cds.cern.ch/record/468520
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Sumario:The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer in a precursor version (AMS-01), was flown in June 1998 on a 51.6 degrees orbit and at altitudes ranging between 320 and 390 km, on board of the space shuttle Discovery (flight STS-91). AMS-01 included an Aerogel Threshold Cherenkov counter (ATC) to separate antiprotons from electrons and positrons from protons, for momenta below 3.5 GeV/c. This paper presents a description of the ATC counter and reports on its performances during the flight STS-91.

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