The AMS-02 TRD for the international space station

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1365-1372

  Hauler, Florian ^a   Bartoloni, A ^b   Becker, U ^c   Berges, P ^c   Borgia, B ^b   Bosi, C ^b   Burger, J ^c   Capell, M ^c   Chung, C H ^d   De Boer, W ^a   Dommecke F ^d   Fisher, P ^c   Fopp, S ^d   Gargiulo, C ^b   Gentile, S ^b   Henning, R ^c   Jungermann, L ^a   Karpinski, W ^d   Kim, G N ^e   Kirn, Th ^d   Kounine, A ^c   Koutsenko, V ^c   Lebedev, A ^c   Lubelsmeyer K ^d   Monreal, B ^c   Park, W H ^e   Rapagnani, P ^b   Schael, S ^d   Schmanau, M ^a   Scholberg, K ^c   Schwering, G ^d   Siedenburg, T ^d   Wallraff, W ^d   Son, D ^e   Wlochal, M ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AMS; Gas detectors; ISS; Proton rejection; Space electronics; Space science; Transition radiation; TRD

Indexed keywords

AMS; ISS; PROTON REJECTION; SPACE ELECTRONICS; SPACE SCIENCE; TRANSITION RADIATION (TR); TRD;

CALORIMETERS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GAS DETECTORS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; RADIATION; SILICON SENSORS; SPACE STATIONS;

SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 4444300653     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.832901     Document Type: Conference Paper

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