THE TRANSITION RADIATION DETECTOR OF THE AMS-2 EXPERIMENT


Demirköz M. B.

Advanced Technology and Particle Physics, Milan, İtalya, 15 - 19 Ekim 2001 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Özet Bildiri
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1142/9789812776464_0008
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Milan
  • Basıldığı Ülke: İtalya
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The AMS magnetic spectrometer will be installed on the International Space Station ISS to measure the properties of cosmic rays in the range of 1 to 1000 GeV during a mission of three years. A Transition Radiation Detector is used in combination with an electromagnetic calorimeter to reach a rejection of 10(-6) protons against positrons up to an energy of 300 GeV. This allows to search for cosmic cold dark matter through their decay products.