The AMS-02 Time of Flight system

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• 作者：Casadei ; D. ; Baldini ; L. ; Bindi ; V. ; Carota ; N. ; Castellini ; G. ; Cindolo ; F. ; Contin ; A. ; Giusti ; P. ; et. al.
• 刊名：Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
• 出版年：2002
• 期刊代码：46_09205632
• 类别：ph
• 出版时间：December, 2002
• 卷：113
• 期：1-3
• 页码：133-138
• 文件大小：497 K

摘要

The Time-of-Flight (TOF) system of the AMS detector gives the fast trigger to the read out electronics and measures velocity, direction and charge of the crossing particles. The first version of the detector (called AMS-01) has flown in 1998 aboard of the shuttle Discovery for a 10 days test mission, and collected about 10⁸ events. The new version (called AMS-02) will be installed on the International Space Station and will operate for at least three years, collecting roughly 10¹⁰ Cosmic Ray (CR) particles. The TOF system of AMS-01 successfully operated during the test mission, obtaining a time resolution of 120 ps for protons and better for other CR ions. The TOF system of AMS-02 will be different due to the strong fringing magnetic field and weight constraints.