The AMS-02 Time of Flight System. Final Design

2003/05/26 by V. Bindi, N. Carota, Bindi, V. +31
Decision Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Frequency and Time Standards #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation #hep-ex

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ex/0305074

4 pages, 6 EPS figures. Proc. of the 28th ICRC (2003)

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Abstract

The AMS-02 detector is a superconducting magnetic spectrometer that will operate on the International Space Station. The time of flight (TOF) system of AMS-02 is composed by four scintillator planes with 8, 8, 10, 8 counters each, read at both ends by a total of 144 phototubes. This paper describes the new design, the expected performances, and shows preliminary results of the ion beam test carried on at CERN on October 2002.

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