A Study of Cosmic Ray Secondaries Induced by the Mir Space Station Using AMS-01
Abstract
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a high energy particle physics experiment that will study cosmic rays in the to range and will be installed on the International Space Station (ISS) for at least 3 years. A first version of AMS-02, AMS-01, flew aboard the space shuttle \emph{Discovery} from June 2 to June 12, 1998, and collected cosmic ray triggers. Part of the \emph{Mir} space station was within the AMS-01 field of view during the four day \emph{Mir} docking phase of this flight. We have reconstructed an image of this part of the \emph{Mir} space station using secondary and emissions from primary cosmic rays interacting with \emph{Mir}. This is the first time this reconstruction was performed in AMS-01, and it is important for understanding potential backgrounds during the 3 year AMS-02 mission.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0406065,
title = {A Study of Cosmic Ray Secondaries Induced by the Mir Space Station Using AMS-01},
author = {01 Collaboration},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0406065},
year = {2008}
}
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To be submitted to NIM B Added material requested by referee. Minor stylistic and grammer changes