The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a high energy particle physics experiment that will study cosmic rays in the 100 MeV to 1 TeV range and will be installed on the International Space Station (ISS) for at least 3 years. A first version of AMS-02, AMS-01, flew aboard the space shuttle Discovery from June 2 to June 12, 1998, and collected 10^8 cosmic ray triggers. Part of the Mir space station was within the AMS-01 field of view during the four day Mir docking phase of this flight. We have reconstructed an image of this part of the Mir space station using secondary pi and mu emissions from primary cosmic rays interacting with Mir. This is the first time this reconstruction was performed in AMS-01, and it is important for understanding potential backgrounds during the 3 year AMS-02 mission

Aguilar, M., Alcaraz, J., Allaby, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., et al. (2005). A study of cosmic ray secondaries induced by the Mir space station using AMS-01. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION B, BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS, 234, 321-332 [10.1016/j.nimb.2005.01.015].

A study of cosmic ray secondaries induced by the Mir space station using AMS-01

BOELLA, GIULIANO FILIPPO;GERVASI, MASSIMO;Grandi, D;
2005

Abstract

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a high energy particle physics experiment that will study cosmic rays in the 100 MeV to 1 TeV range and will be installed on the International Space Station (ISS) for at least 3 years. A first version of AMS-02, AMS-01, flew aboard the space shuttle Discovery from June 2 to June 12, 1998, and collected 10^8 cosmic ray triggers. Part of the Mir space station was within the AMS-01 field of view during the four day Mir docking phase of this flight. We have reconstructed an image of this part of the Mir space station using secondary pi and mu emissions from primary cosmic rays interacting with Mir. This is the first time this reconstruction was performed in AMS-01, and it is important for understanding potential backgrounds during the 3 year AMS-02 mission
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
Cosmic rays, Spallation, AMS, Mir, Space shuttle
English
2005
234
321
332
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Aguilar, M., Alcaraz, J., Allaby, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., et al. (2005). A study of cosmic ray secondaries induced by the Mir space station using AMS-01. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION B, BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS, 234, 321-332 [10.1016/j.nimb.2005.01.015].
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