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The AMS-02 TRD for the international space station

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Hauler, F; Bartoloni, A; Becker, U; Berges, P; Borgia, B; Bosi, C; Burger, J; Capell, M; Chung, CH; De Boer, W; Dömmecke, F; Fisher, P ...
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
August 1, 2004

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is an experiment which will be mounted on the international space station (ISS) to measure primary cosmic ray spectra in space. A key element is the transition radiation detector (TRD) to extract an e+ or p- signal reducing the p+ or e- background by a rejection factor 102-103 in an energy range from 10 to 300 GeV. This will be used in combination with an electromagnetic calorimeter to provide overall p+ rejection of 106 at 90% e+ efficiency. The detector consists of 20 layers of 6 mm diameter straw tubes alternating with 20 mm layers of polyethylene/polypropylene fleece radiator. The tubes are filled with a 4:1 mixture of Xe:CO2 at 1 bar absolute pressure from a recirculating gas system designed to operate >3 years in space. There are in total 5248 straw tubes which are read out by a custom-made DAQ system in less than 80 μs. The electronics must be low in power consumption and sustain the stringent requirements of operation in space. The construction of the detector and its electronics is presented in this paper.

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IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

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0018-9499

Publication Date

August 1, 2004

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51

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4 I

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1365 / 1372

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 0903 Biomedical Engineering
  • 0299 Other Physical Sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
 

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Hauler, F., Bartoloni, A., Becker, U., Berges, P., Borgia, B., Bosi, C., … Wlochal, M. (2004). The AMS-02 TRD for the international space station. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 51(4 I), 1365–1372. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2004.832901
Hauler, F., A. Bartoloni, U. Becker, P. Berges, B. Borgia, C. Bosi, J. Burger, et al. “The AMS-02 TRD for the international space station.” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 51, no. 4 I (August 1, 2004): 1365–72. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2004.832901.
Hauler F, Bartoloni A, Becker U, Berges P, Borgia B, Bosi C, et al. The AMS-02 TRD for the international space station. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 2004 Aug 1;51(4 I):1365–72.
Hauler, F., et al. “The AMS-02 TRD for the international space station.” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 51, no. 4 I, Aug. 2004, pp. 1365–72. Scopus, doi:10.1109/TNS.2004.832901.
Hauler F, Bartoloni A, Becker U, Berges P, Borgia B, Bosi C, Burger J, Capell M, Chung CH, De Boer W, Dömmecke F, Fisher P, Fopp S, Gargiulo C, Gentile S, Henning R, Jungermann L, Karpinski W, Kim GN, Kirn T, Kounine A, Koutsenko V, Lebedev A, Lübelsmeyer K, Monreal B, Park WH, Rapagnani P, Schael S, Schmanau M, Scholberg K, Schwering G, Siedenburg T, Wallraff W, Son D, Wlochal M. The AMS-02 TRD for the international space station. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 2004 Aug 1;51(4 I):1365–1372.

Published In

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

DOI

ISSN

0018-9499

Publication Date

August 1, 2004

Volume

51

Issue

4 I

Start / End Page

1365 / 1372

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 0903 Biomedical Engineering
  • 0299 Other Physical Sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics