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A high resolution, low power time-of-flight system for the space experiment AMS

Authors :
G. Laurenti
A. Bruni
Rosario Nania
Federico Cindolo
Antonino Zichichi
Giuseppe Levi
F. Palmonari
C. Williams
G. Cara Romeo
Giuseppe Iacobucci
S Recupero
S. De Pasquale
L. Baldini
Luisa Cifarelli
F. Anselmo
D. Boscherini
Andrea Contin
G. Castellini
D. Casadei
D. Alvisi
M. Basile
P. Giusti
G. Bari
A. Margotti
Alessandro Polini
T. Massam
G. Sartorelli
L. Bellagamba
G. Bruni
Source :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 437:212-221
Publication Year :
1999
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 1999.

Abstract

The system of plastic scintillator counters for the AMS experiment is described. The main characteristics of the detector are: (a) large sensitive area (four 1.6 m2 planes) with small dead space; (b) low-power consumption (150 W for the power and the read-out electronics of 336 PMs); (c) 120 ps time resolution. ( 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Details

ISSN :
01689002
Volume :
437
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........fd40f4f7dff7b85dd3ceb5eeb8618e1c
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-9002(99)00523-9