English

AMS, a particle spectrometer in space

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The results of the AMS01 experiment are reviewed. The proton flux measured below the geomagnetic cutoff is interpreted. Some Physics prospects for AMS02 on the International Space Station are outlined.

Cite

@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0107400,
  title  = {AMS, a particle spectrometer in space},
  author = {M. Buenerd},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0107400},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Talk given at the XXIV Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Taxco, Mexico, January 3-6, 2001. To appear in Rev. Mex. de Fisica