Description
Chair: Mirko Boezio
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a general-purpose high-energy particle physics detector. It was installed on the International Space Station (ISS) in May 2011 to conduct a unique long-duration mission of fundamental physics research in space. AMS has acquired the largest number of particles ever measured in space by a single experiment, performing the most precise measurement of...
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), on the International Space Station (ISS) since May 2011, has acquired the largest number of particles ever measured in space by a single experiment, performing the most precise measurement of galactic cosmic rays (GCR) to-date. For the first time we present the detailed time variation of multiple particle species fluxes measured in the first five years of...
During the first 5 years of operations on board of the International Space Station, from May 2011 to May 2016, AMS has detected many short-term increases in the proton flux due to solar energetic particle (SEP) events and many sudden suppressions of the galactic cosmic ray (GCR) flux, called Forbush decreases (FD). AMS is able to measure the most energetic SEPs and has observed 27 SEP events...
