The AMS-01 Aerogel Threshold Cherenkov counter

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer in a precursor version (AMS-01), was flown in June 1998 on a 51.6° orbit and at altitudes ranging between 320 and 390 km , on board of the space shuttle Discovery (flight STS-91). AMS-01 included an Aerogel Threshold Cherenkov counter (ATC) to separate p ̄ from e − an...

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Published in:Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 2001, Vol.465 (2), p.306-317
Main Authors: Barancourt, D, Barao, F, Barbier, G, Barreira, G, Buénerd, M, Castellini, G, Choumilov, E, Favier, J, Fouque, N, Gougas, A, Hermel, V, Kossakowski, R, Laborie, G, Laurenti, G, Lee, S.-C, Mayet, F, Meillon, B, Oyang, Y.-T, Plyaskin, V, Pojidaev, V, Rossin, C, Santos, D, Vezzu, F, Vialle, J.P
Format: Article
Language:English
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AMS experiment
Antiprotons
Astrophysics
Cherenkov detectors
Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics
Physics
Sciences of the Universe
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Summary:The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer in a precursor version (AMS-01), was flown in June 1998 on a 51.6° orbit and at altitudes ranging between 320 and 390 km , on board of the space shuttle Discovery (flight STS-91). AMS-01 included an Aerogel Threshold Cherenkov counter (ATC) to separate p ̄ from e − and e + from p, for momenta below 3.5 GeV/c . This paper presents a description of the ATC counter and reports on its performances during the flight STS-91.
ISSN:0168-9002
1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00464-8