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Title: AMS-100: The next generation magnetic spectrometer in space – An international science platform for physics and astrophysics at Lagrange point 2

Journal Article · · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
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  1. RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen (Germany). I. Physikalisches Inst.
  2. RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen (Germany). Inst. für Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion
  3. Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Madrid (Spain)
  4. RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen (Germany). III. Physikalisches Inst. A
  5. Fachhochschule Aachen, Aachen (Germany). Fachbereich Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik
  6. Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States). Physics and Astronomy Dept.
  7. INFN Sezione di Perugia, Perugia (Italy)
  8. Univ. of Siena and INFN Sezione di Pisa, Siena (Italy). Dept. of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment
  9. RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen (Germany). Inst. für Theoretische Teilchenphysik und Kosmologie
  10. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States). W.W. Hansen Experimental Physics Lab., Kavli Inst. for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Dept. of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Lab.
  11. RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen (Germany). Inst. für Strukturmechanik und Leichtbau
  12. Univ. de Genève, Geneva (Switzerland). Dept. of Quantum Matter Physics
  13. Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States). Enrico Fermi Inst.
  14. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) (Switzerland)
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The next generation magnetic spectrometer in space, AMS-100, is designed to have a geometrical acceptance of 100 m 2 sr and to be operated for at least ten years at the Sun–Earth Lagrange Point 2. Compared to existing experiments, it will improve the sensitivity for the observation of new phenomena in cosmic rays, and in particular in cosmic antimatter, by at least a factor of 1000. The magnet design is based on high temperature superconductor tapes, which allow the construction of a thin solenoid with a homogeneous magnetic field of 1 Tesla inside. The inner volume is instrumented with a silicon tracker reaching a maximum detectable rigidity of 100 TV and a calorimeter system that is 70 radiation lengths deep, equivalent to four nuclear interaction lengths, which extends the energy reach for cosmic-ray nuclei up to the PeV scale, i.e. beyond the cosmic-ray knee. In conclusion, covering most of the sky continuously, AMS-100 will detect high-energy gamma-rays in the calorimeter system and by pair conversion in the thin solenoid, reconstructed with excellent angular resolution in the silicon tracker.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1575125
Journal Information:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 944, Issue C; ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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