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CROP 2002
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer - AMSAMS & AMS 02Ongoing Anitmatter Search
John Niemoth
Waterloo Public School
AMS LOGO – STS - 91
Mission purpose – AMS 02
An experiment to search in space for dark matter, missing matter &
antimatter on the international space station.
Discovery STS-91 - 51.7 degreesAltitude 320-390 Km
AMS – The Big Picture3 meters X 4 meters
AMS 02International Space Station
Orientation
Magnet
SILLICON TRACKER
The Time of Flight Scintillators
Anti Coincidcence Counter
AMS Collaboration
J. Alcaraz x , D. Alvisi j , B. Alpat ab , G. Ambrosi r , H. Anderhub af ,L.Ao g ,
A. Arefiev aa , P. Azzarello r , E. Babucci ab , L. Baldini j,l , M. Basile j ,
D. Barancourt s , F. Barao v,u , G. Barbier s , 12G. Barreira v , R. Battiston ab ,
R. Becker l , U. Becker l , L. Bellagamba j , P. Bene r , J. Berdugo x , P. Berges l , ´ ´
Bertucci ab , A. Biland af , S. Bizzaglia ab , S. Blasko ab , G. Boella y , M. Bourquin r ,
Approximately 225 worldwide scientists
Data Counter
Starry Messengers
Direction it curves– ,+ charge
Momentum
Amount it Bends
Rigidity = Momentum/Charge
Time of Flight (TOF)
Stopwatch that clocks its passage-speed
Measured Velocity & Distribution
Rigidity Resolution
Distribution
Compatibility
Final Tabulations
UPPER LIMITS
International Space Station
AMS 02