The alpha magnetic spectrometer silicon tracker: Performance results with protons and helium nuclei

Azzarello, Philipp; Bourquin, Maurice; Cortina Gil, Eduardo; Haas, Daniel; Hakobyan, Hayk; Leluc, Catherine; Natale, Sonia; Paniccia, Mercedes; Perrin, Eric; Pohl, Martin; Rapin, Divic Jean

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2008.05.015

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English

The alpha magnetic spectrometer silicon tracker: Performance results with protons and helium nuclei

ContributorsAzzarello, Philipp; Bourquin, Maurice; Cortina Gil, Eduardo; Haas, Daniel; Hakobyan, Hayk; Leluc, Catherine; Natale, Sonia; Paniccia, Mercedes

; Perrin, Eric; Pohl, Martin; Rapin, Divic Jean

Published inNuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, vol. 593, no. 3, p. 376-398

Publication date2008

Abstract

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is designed for a long duration measurement of the cosmic-ray spectra at an altitude of 400 km. The particle rigidity and specific energy loss are measured by a silicon tracker located in a 0.8 T field. Ground results for the position resolution, detection efficiency and charge determination for singly and doubly charged relativistic particles are presented and discussed in the context of the spaceborne detector.

Keywords

Charged particle spectrometers
Tracking and position sensitive detectors
Cosmic-ray detectors
Spaceborne and space research instruments

Affiliation entities

Faculté des sciences / Section de physique / Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire

Citation (ISO format)

AZZARELLO, Philipp et al. The alpha magnetic spectrometer silicon tracker: Performance results with protons and helium nuclei. In: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 2008, vol. 593, n° 3, p. 376–398. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.05.015

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PID : unige:41456
DOI : 10.1016/j.nima.2008.05.015

Additional URL for this publicationhttp://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0168900208007122

Journal ISSN0168-9002

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