A Study of cosmic ray secondaries induced by the Mir space station using AMS-01
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15 pages
Published in:
- Nucl.Instrum.Meth.B 234 (2005) 321-332
e-Print:
- hep-ex/0406065 [hep-ex]
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Abstract:
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a high energy particle physics experiment that will study cosmic rays in the to range and will be installed on the International Space Station (ISS) for at least 3 years. A first version of AMS-02, AMS-01, flew aboard the space shuttle \emph{Discovery} from June 2 to June 12, 1998, and collected cosmic ray triggers. Part of the \emph{Mir} space station was within the AMS-01 field of view during the four day \emph{Mir} docking phase of this flight. We have reconstructed an image of this part of the \emph{Mir} space station using secondary and emissions from primary cosmic rays interacting with \emph{Mir}. This is the first time this reconstruction was performed in AMS-01, and it is important for understanding potential backgrounds during the 3 year AMS-02 mission.- 13.85.Tp
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- Cosmic rays
- Spallation
- AMS
- Mir
- Space shuttle
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