Author :
Alberti, G. ; Alvino, A. ; Ambrosi, G. ; Bardet, Michiel ; Battiston, Roberto ; Borsini, S. ; Cao, J.F. ; Chen, Yuanfeng ; van Es, J. ; Gargiulo, Claudio ; Guo, K.H. ; Guo, Lisheng ; He, Z.H. ; Huang, Z.C. ; Koutsenko, V. ; Laudi, E. ; Lebedev, Anton ; Le
Author_Institution :
Sez. di Perugia, Ist. Naz. di Fis. Nucl., Perugia, Italy
Abstract :
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer AMS-02 [1]-[4] is an astro particle physics experiment running on the International Space Station (ISS; see Figure 1) since May 19, 2011. Its missions include the search for antimatter and the identification of the nature of dark matter. The AMS silicon tracker is the only subdetector inside the AMS permanent magnet that can detect the charge of a moving particle to distinguish an anti-particle from particle (see Table 1 for nomenclature).
Keywords :
position sensitive particle detectors; silicon radiation detectors; AMS permanent magnet; AMS silicon tracker; AMS-02 tracker; Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer; International Space Station; active CO2 two-phase loops; dark matter; Aerospace electronics; Astrophysics; Carbon dioxide; Heat pumps; Particle physics; Permanent magnets; Physics; Space heating; Spectroradiometers; Temperature measurement; Tracking; Tracking loops;
