Design and test results of the AMS RICH detector

Details Design and test results of the AMS RICH detector Design and test results of the AMS RICH detector

2002-11-07

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0211018v1

Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl. 113 (2002) 133-136

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

6 pages, 9 figures. Talk given at the "8th Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors", Siena (Italy), 21-

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The AMS-02 detector will operate for at least 3 years on the International Space Station, measuring cosmic ray spectra at about 400 km above sea level over a wide range of geomagnetic latitude. The proximity focusing ring imaging \v{C}erenkov counter of AMS-02 will measure the particle velocity $\beta$ with $\approx 0.1%$ uncertainty, making possible to discriminate Beryllium isotopes up to about 15 GeV/nucl. In addition its charge measurement will allow to study the elemental composition of cosmic rays up to Iron. A prototype of the RICH detector was tested with cosmic rays and on a ion beam accelerated by SPS, at CERN (October 2002).

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