The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station
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DOI：
10.1142/s0218301312300056
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2012-08
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A. Kounine;A. Kounine;P. Auger
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作者：
A. Kounine;A. Kounine;P. Auger
阿尔法磁谱仪（AMS-02）是一种通用高能粒子探测器，于2011年5月19日成功部署在国际空间站（ISS）上，在太空中进行独特的长期基础物理研究任务。AMS的物理目标包括寻找对暗物质、反物质、宇宙射线起源的理解，以及探索地面实验无法研究的新物理现象。本文回顾了AMS-02探测器的布局、在地面上进行的测试和校准，以及它在国际空间站上的性能，并以第一年在太空中收集的数据为例进行了说明。
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a general purpose high energy particle detector which was successfully deployed on the International Space Station (ISS) on May 19, 2011 to conduct a unique long duration mission of fundamental physics research in space. Among the physics objectives of AMS are the searches for an understanding of Dark Matter, Anti-matter, the origin of cosmic rays and the exploration of new physics phenomena not possible to study with ground based experiments. This paper reviews the layout of the AMS-02 detector, tests and calibrations performed with the detector on the ground, and its performance on the ISS illustrated with data collected during the first year of operations in space.