The superconducting magnet system of AMS-02 - A particle physics detector to be operated on the international space station

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 349-352

  Blau, B ^a   Harrison, S M ^b   Hofer, H ^a   Horvath, I L ^a   Milward, S R ^b   Ross, J S H ^b   Ting, S C C ^c   Ulbricht, J ^a   Viertel, G ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Space Cryomagnetics Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum stabilized superconductor; AMS experiment; He II; International Space Station; NbTi

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; COSMIC RAYS; CRYOGENICS; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE DETECTORS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

ALPHA MAGNETIC SPECTROMETER; ALUMINUM STABILIZED SUPERCONDUCTOR; HELMHOLTZ COIL; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION; MAGNETIC DIPOLE FIELD; SUPERCONDUCTING COILS; TOROIDAL SHAPE VACUUM VESSEL;

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

EID: 0036510078     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2002.1018417     Document Type: Conference Paper

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