Cosmic Ray Astrophysics with AMS-02
Abstract
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a cosmic ray (CR) experiment that will operate on the International Space Station for three years, measuring the particle spectra in the rigidity range from 0.2 GV to 2 TV. The AMS-02 detector will provide measurements with unprecedented statistics of the hadronic and leptonic cosmic rays, allowing for a better study of the Earth magnetosphere through the secondaries produced by CR interactions in the atmosphere; of the solar system environment through the measurement of the solar modulation over a long period; of the solar system neighborhood through the measurement of the ratio between unstable isotopes and stable elements; of the interstellar medium of our Galaxy through the ratio between secondary and primary isotopes and the measurement of proton and helium spectra.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0404529,
title = {Cosmic Ray Astrophysics with AMS-02},
author = {Diego Casadei},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0404529},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
Talk given at Lake Louise Winter Institute: 15-21 February 2004 "Fundamental Interactions". 6 pages, 10 figures