A Transition Radiation Detector for AMS
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Siedenburg, T; Chung, CH; Fopp, S; Fernández García, M; Karpinski, W; Kirn, T; Lübelsmeyer, K; Orboeck, J; Schael, S; Schultz von Dratzig, A ...
Published in: Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
January 1, 2002
For cosmic particle spectroscopy on the International Space Station the AMS experiment will be equipped with a Transition Radiation Detector to improve proton background supression up to 300 GeV. The TRD has 20 layers of fleece radiator with Xe/CO2 proportional-mode straw-tube chambers. They are supported in a conically shaped octagon structure made of CFC-Al-honeycomb. For low power consumption VA analog multiplexers are used as front-end readout. A 20 layer prototype has achieved proton rejections above 100 at 90% electron efficiency for beam energies up to 250 GeV. The detector is under construction at RWTH Aachen, the gas system will be built at MIT, slow-control and DAQ at TH Karlsruhe.
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0920-5632
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January 1, 2002
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113
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Siedenburg, T., Chung, C. H., Fopp, S., Fernández García, M., Karpinski, W., Kirn, T., … Jungermann, L. (2002). A Transition Radiation Detector for AMS. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, 113(1–3), 154–158. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0920-5632(02)01835-2
Siedenburg, T., C. H. Chung, S. Fopp, M. Fernández García, W. Karpinski, T. Kirn, K. Lübelsmeyer, et al. “A Transition Radiation Detector for AMS.” Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements 113, no. 1–3 (January 1, 2002): 154–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0920-5632(02)01835-2.
Siedenburg T, Chung CH, Fopp S, Fernández García M, Karpinski W, Kirn T, et al. A Transition Radiation Detector for AMS. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements. 2002 Jan 1;113(1–3):154–8.
Siedenburg, T., et al. “A Transition Radiation Detector for AMS.” Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, vol. 113, no. 1–3, Jan. 2002, pp. 154–58. Scopus, doi:10.1016/S0920-5632(02)01835-2.
Siedenburg T, Chung CH, Fopp S, Fernández García M, Karpinski W, Kirn T, Lübelsmeyer K, Orboeck J, Schael S, Schultz von Dratzig A, Schwering G, Siedling R, Wallraff W, Becker U, Berges P, Burger J, Fischer P, Henning R, Kounine A, Koutsenko V, Scholberg K, de Boer W, Hauler F, Jungermann L. A Transition Radiation Detector for AMS. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements. 2002 Jan 1;113(1–3):154–158.
Published In
Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
DOI
ISSN
0920-5632
Publication Date
January 1, 2002
Volume
113
Issue
1-3
Start / End Page
154 / 158