The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a particle physics experiment on board the International Space Station (ISS) designed to accurately measure the principal and the rarest Cosmic Rays components in the rigidity range from 1 GV to several TV.
Following a long period of construction and testing, AMS was launched to the ISS and installed on May 19, 2011, and since then collects data and it...
The High Energy cosmic-Radiation Detection facility (HERD) is an international space-borne experiment set to be installed on the China Space Station (CSS). HERD will address several major problems in fundamental physics and astrophysics, including cosmic ray (CR) direct measurements up to PeV energies, dark matter searches, and a gamma-ray survey above 0.1 GeV. The current design of HERD...
We present Beam-monitor with Extreme Range (BeER), an innovative charge detector with high resolution and a wide dynamic range, initially designed to provide unique information on high-energy ion beams, which are commonly used in cosmic ray experiments for detector characterization. Several detector prototypes, built using Si photodiodes and custom readout electronics, have undergone extensive...
Apparent discrepancies exist among cosmic-ray (CR) nuclei flux measurements from recent precision experiments such as AMS, CALET, and DAMPE. While it is difficult to determine the origin of these discrepancies, a predominant source of systematic error in these measurements arises from understanding nuclear interactions in detector materials.
Interactions of heavy nuclei with detector...
The formation of low-energy anti-deuterons in cosmic ray collisions with the Interstellar Medium (ISM) is kinetically unfavored, while several Dark Matter (DM) models foresee the production of these light nuclei even at low energy.
The search of cosmic anti-deuterons in the kinetic energy range from a few MeV to several hundred MeV is an interesting channel for DM indirect observation....
The MoonRay project is carrying out a concept study of a permanent lunar cosmic-ray (CR) and gamma-ray observatory, in view of the implementation of habitats on our satellite. The idea is to build a modular telescope that will be able to overcome the limitations, in available power and weight, of the present generation of CR instruments in Low Earth Orbit, while carrying out high energy...
The SQM-ISS detector is an advanced instrument designed to search from the International Space Station (ISS) for heavy, slow-moving particles, such as strange quark matter (SQM), Q-balls or primordial black holes. These particles, if they exist and form a part of dark matter, are expected to travel at speeds of up to 250 km/s, which corresponds to typical galactic orbital velocities. The...
