The scintillator detector for the fast trigger and time-of-flight (TOF) measurement of the space experiment AMS-02

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 623, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 968-981

  Bindi, V ^a   Casadei, D ^a,c   Castellini, G ^b   Cindolo, F ^a   Contin, A ^a   Giovacchini, F ^a   Guandalini, C ^a,d   Laurenti, G ^a   Levi, G ^a   Lolli, M ^a   Quadrani, L ^a   Palmonari, F ^a   Sbarra, C ^a   Zichichi, A ^a  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

AMS experiment; Cosmic rays; Plastic scintillator; Time of flight

Indexed keywords

AMS EXPERIMENT; ELECTRONIC COMPONENT; FRINGING FIELDS; HIGH REDUNDANCY; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR; POWER CONSTRAINTS; SCINTILLATOR DETECTOR; SPACE ENVIRONMENT; SPACE EXPERIMENTS; TIME OF FLIGHT; TIME OF FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS;

COSMIC RAYS; EXPERIMENTS; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SPACE STATIONS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

PLASTICS;

EID: 77958509757     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.08.019     Document Type: Article

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