AMS-02 experiment

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astroparticle physics experiment cosmic ray detector particle physics experiment space-based experiment

The AMS-02 experiment is a state-of-the-art particle physics detector mounted on the International Space Station to study cosmic rays and search for dark matter and antimatter in space.

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Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer 3
AMS-02 2
AMS-02 experiment canonical 1

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instanceOf astroparticle physics experiment ⓘ
cosmic ray detector ⓘ
particle physics experiment ⓘ
space-based experiment ⓘ
alsoKnownAs AMS-02 experiment ⓘ
surface form: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
builtAt CERN ⓘ
collaborationCountries China ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
Formosa ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
collaborationLedBy Samuel C. C. Ting ⓘ
collaborationSize over 600 scientists ⓘ
dataCollectionStart 2011 ⓘ
dataUsedFor constraining dark matter models ⓘ
studying origin of cosmic rays ⓘ
testing cosmic ray propagation models ⓘ
designedMissionDuration 10 years ⓘ
fullName AMS-02 experiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer – 02
hasComponent anti-coincidence counters ⓘ
electromagnetic calorimeter ⓘ
permanent magnet ⓘ
ring imaging Cherenkov detector ⓘ
silicon tracker ⓘ
time-of-flight system ⓘ
transition radiation detector ⓘ
hasMeasured antiproton flux ⓘ
heavy nuclei spectra ⓘ
helium spectrum ⓘ
positron fraction in cosmic rays ⓘ
proton spectrum ⓘ
hostedBy International Space Station program ⓘ
NASA ⓘ
installedOnISSDate 2011-05-19 ⓘ
launchedBy Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ
launchedOn 2011-05-16 ⓘ
launchedOnMission STS-134 ⓘ
locatedOnModule ISS Tranquility Node S3 truss ⓘ
measures cosmic ray flux ⓘ
energy spectra of charged particles ⓘ
particle charge ⓘ
particle direction ⓘ
particle mass ⓘ
particle momentum ⓘ
mountedOn ISS ⓘ
International Space Station ⓘ
operatedInEnvironment low Earth orbit ⓘ
primaryObjective search for antimatter in space ⓘ
search for dark matter ⓘ
study cosmic rays ⓘ
principalInvestigator Samuel C. C. Ting ⓘ
researchField antimatter searches ⓘ
astroparticle physics ⓘ
cosmic ray physics ⓘ
dark matter searches ⓘ
searchesFor antimatter nuclei ⓘ
exotic cosmic ray components ⓘ
signals of dark matter annihilation ⓘ
shortName AMS-02 experiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AMS-02
sponsoredBy CERN ⓘ
NASA ⓘ
U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
usesDetectorType magnetic spectrometer ⓘ

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Transition Radiation Detector → usedIn → AMS-02 experiment ⓘ
Space Shuttle Endeavour → deliveredToISS → AMS-02 experiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02)
AMS-02 experiment → fullName → AMS-02 experiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer – 02
AMS-02 experiment → shortName → AMS-02 experiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AMS-02
AMS-02 experiment → alsoKnownAs → AMS-02 experiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
STS-134 → primaryPayload → AMS-02 experiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
STS-134 → primaryPayloadAcronym → AMS-02 experiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: AMS-02
STS-134 → deliveredToISS → AMS-02 experiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer