Search for Antimatter in Space with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

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1999-07-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9907152v1

Invited talk at XIIIth Rencontres de Physique La Thuile, February 22-27, 1999

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a state of the art particle physics experiment for the extraterrestrial study of antimatter, matter and missing matter. AMS successfully completed the precursor STS91 Discovery flight (June 2nd-12th, 1998), completing 152 orbits at 52 degrees of latitude and about 400 km of height, collecting more than 100 million CR events. In this paper we report on the first flight experience and we present preliminary results on the search for nuclear antimatter. No antimatter nuclei with Z>=2 were detected. We obtain a model dependent upper limit on the anti-He /He flux <1.14 10^^-6 In the rigidity region between 1.6 to 20 GV we obtain a model independent, conservative upper limit on anti-He /He flux <1.7 10^^-6 and <2.8 10^^-5 for Z>2, improving the results of previous published searches performed with stratospheric balloons.

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