The AMS-01 Aerogel Threshold Cherenkov counter

(2) LAPP Annecy; 3); (3) LIP Lisboa; (4) INFN Firenze; (5) ITEP Moscow; (6) Academia Sinica Taipei; (7) INFN Bologna); A. Gougas (6); B. Meillon (1); C. Rossin (1)

arxiv: astro-ph/0010242 · v1 · pith:2QXBE5Q6new · submitted 2000-10-12 · 🌌 astro-ph

The AMS-01 Aerogel Threshold Cherenkov counter

D. Barancourt (1) , F. Barao (2 , 3) , G. Barbier (1) , G. Barreira (3) , M. Buenerd (1) , G. Castellini (4) , E. Choumilov (5)

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The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer in a precursor version (AMS-01), was flown in June 1998 on a 51.6 degrees orbit and at altitudes ranging between 320 and 390 km, on board of the space shuttle Discovery (flight STS-91). AMS-01 included an Aerogel Threshold Cherenkov counter (ATC) to separate antiprotons from electrons and positrons from protons, for momenta below 3.5 GeV/c. This paper presents a description of the ATC counter and reports on its performances during the flight STS-91.

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