0 The AMS - 01 Aerogel Threshold C̆erenkov counter
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The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer in a precursor version (AMS-01), was flown in June 1998 on a 51.6 orbit and at altitudes ranging between 320 and 390 km, on board of the space shuttle Discovery (flight STS-91). AMS-01 included an Aerogel Threshold C̆erenkov counter (ATC) to separate p̄ from e and e from p, for momenta below 3.5 GeV/c. This paper presents a description of the ATC counter and reports on its performances during the flight STS-91.
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تاریخ انتشار 2000