The alpha magnetic spectrometer silicon tracker: Performance results with protons and helium nuclei

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作者
Alcaraz, J. [3 ]
Alpat, B. [1 ,2 ]
Ambrosi, G. [1 ,2 ]
Azzarello, Ph. [4 ]
Battiston, R. [1 ,2 ]
Bertucci, B. [1 ,2 ]
Bolmont, J. [10 ]
Bourquin, M. [4 ]
Burger, W. J. [1 ,2 ]
Capell, M. [5 ]
Cardano, F. [1 ,2 ]
Chang, Y. H. [6 ]
Choutko, V. [5 ]
Cortina, E. [4 ]
Dinu, N. [7 ]
Esposito, G. [1 ,2 ]
Fiandrini, E. [1 ,2 ]
Haas, D. [4 ]
Haino, S. [1 ,2 ]
Hakobyan, H. [4 ]
Ionica, M. [8 ]
Ionica, R. [9 ]
Jacholkowska, A. [10 ]
Kounine, A. [5 ]
Koutsenko, V. [5 ]
Lamanna, G. [1 ,2 ]
Lebedev, A. [5 ]
Lechanoine-Leluc, C. [4 ]
Lin, C. H. [6 ]
Menichelli, M. [1 ,2 ]
Natale, S. [4 ]
Oliva, A. [1 ,2 ]
Paniccia, M. [4 ]
Pauluzzi, M. [1 ,2 ]
Perrin, E. [4 ]
Pohl, M. [4 ]
Rapin, D. [4 ]
Sapinski, M. [10 ]
Sevilla, I. [3 ]
da Silva Costa, C. F. [4 ]
Tomassetti, N. [1 ,2 ]
Wallraff, W. [11 ]
Zuccon, P. [1 ,2 ]
Zurbach, C. [10 ]
机构
[1] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy
[2] Univ Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy
[3] CIEMAT, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
[4] Univ Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
[5] MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[6] Natl Cent Univ, Jhongli 320, Taiwan
[7] Inst Space Sci, R-76900 Bucharest, Romania
[8] Inst Microtechnol, R-76900 Bucharest, Romania
[9] Univ Politech UPB, R-76900 Bucharest, Romania
[10] Univ Montpellier 2, CNRS, Lab Phys Theor & Astroparticules, IN2P3, F-34095 Montpellier, France
[11] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Inst Phys, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
关键词
charged particle spectrometers; tracking and position sensitive detectors; cosmic-ray detectors; spaceborne and space research instruments;
D O I
10.1016/j.nima.2008.05.015
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is designed for a long duration measurement of the cosmic-ray spectra at an altitude of 400 km. The particle rigidity and specific energy loss are measured by a silicon tracker located in a 0.8 T field. Ground results for the position resolution, detection efficiency and charge determination for singly and doubly charged relativistic particles are presented and discussed in the context of the spaceborne detector. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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