The First Six years of AMS on the International Space Station
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Prof.Stefan Schael(RWTH Aachen)
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Description
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, AMS, is a general-purpose high-energy particle physics detector. It was installed on the International Space Station, ISS, on 19 May 2011 to conduct a unique long duration mission of fundamental physics research in space.
Since then AMS has continuously collected data from more than 100 billion cosmic rays. AMS consist of several independent instruments that identify different elementary particles as well as nuclei in cosmic rays. Over the past century, there have been many measurements of the energy spectra of cosmic rays which had large uncertainties and created many diverse theoretical models. Currently, AMS precision measurements have revealed new and distinct information that will change our understanding of the production, acceleration and propagation of charged cosmic rays.
The measurements of the cosmic ray positron and anti-proton fluxes are particular sensitive to new effects, like dark matter annihilation. New results will be shown and the perspectives for the AMS physics program till the expected end of the lifetime of the International Space Station in 2024 will be discussed.
