CROP 2002

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer - AMSAMS & AMS 02Ongoing Anitmatter Search

John Niemoth

Waterloo Public School

AMS LOGO – STS - 91

Mission purpose – AMS 02

An experiment to search in space for dark matter, missing matter &

antimatter on the international space station.

Discovery STS-91 - 51.7 degreesAltitude 320-390 Km

AMS – The Big Picture3 meters X 4 meters

AMS 02International Space Station

Orientation

Magnet

SILLICON TRACKER

The Time of Flight Scintillators

Anti Coincidcence Counter

AMS Collaboration

J. Alcaraz x , D. Alvisi j , B. Alpat ab , G. Ambrosi r , H. Anderhub af ,L.Ao g ,

A. Arefiev aa , P. Azzarello r , E. Babucci ab , L. Baldini j,l , M. Basile j ,

D. Barancourt s , F. Barao v,u , G. Barbier s , 12G. Barreira v , R. Battiston ab ,

R. Becker l , U. Becker l , L. Bellagamba j , P. Bene r , J. Berdugo x , P. Berges l , ´ ´

Bertucci ab , A. Biland af , S. Bizzaglia ab , S. Blasko ab , G. Boella y , M. Bourquin r ,

Approximately 225 worldwide scientists

Data Counter

Starry Messengers

Direction it curves– ,+ charge

Momentum

Amount it Bends

Rigidity = Momentum/Charge

Time of Flight (TOF)

Stopwatch that clocks its passage-speed

Measured Velocity & Distribution

Rigidity Resolution

Distribution

Compatibility

Final Tabulations

UPPER LIMITS

International Space Station

AMS 02