CERN Colloquium

The First Five Years of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station

Name: The First Five Years of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station
Start: 2016-12-08T17:00:00+01:00
End: 2016-12-08T18:00:00+01:00
Location: CERN

by Prof. Samuel Ting (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

Thursday 8 Dec 2016, 17:00 → 18:00 Europe/Zurich

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

CERN

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Description

AMS is a multipurpose magnetic spectrometer designed to measure elementary particles and nuclei to the TeV region. In the five years since its installation on the International Space Station, it has collected more than 90 billion cosmic rays. Some of the unexpected results and their possible interpretations will be presented.

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W. Lerche/TH-SP........ Tea and coffee will be served at 16h30

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The First Five Years of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station

by Prof. Samuel Ting (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

CERN