THE TRANSITION RADIATION DETECTOR OF THE AMS-2 EXPERIMENT

Demirköz M. B.

Advanced Technology and Particle Physics, Milan, Italy, 15 - 19 October 2001, (Summary Text)

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Summary Text
  • Doi Number: 10.1142/9789812776464_0008
  • City: Milan
  • Country: Italy
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

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.