Title of article :
The AMS-02 silicon tracker: Recent results and current status
Author/Authors :
Ambrosi، نويسنده , , G. and Burger، نويسنده , , W.J. and Oliva، نويسنده , , A.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The AMS-02 tracker consists of eight layers of double-sided silicon microstrip sensors which are used to measure the particle rigidity in the 0.8 T field of a cylindrical superconducting magnet. The magnetic spectrometer is designed to operate on the International Space Station (ISS) to provide an unprecedented high precision measurement of the cosmic-ray spectra in the energy range between 1 GeV and several TeV, for particle charge up to Z = 26 .
Keywords :
Charged particle spectrometers , Spaceborne and space research instruments , Tracking and position sensitive detectors
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
