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abstract: 'The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is designed as an independent module
  for installation on the International Space Station (ISS) in the year 2003 for an
  operational period of three years. The principal scientific objectives include searches
  for antimatter and dark matter in cosmic rays. The AMS tracker uses silicon microstrip
  sensors to reconstruct charged-particle trajectories. A first version of the AMS,
  equipped with 2.1 m$^2$ of silicon sensors and a permanent magnet, was flown on
  the NASA space shuttle Discovery during June 2 - 12, 1998. The authors describe
  the detector and present results of the tracker performance during the flight.'
adsnote: Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
adsurl: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999NCimA.112.1325A
authors:
- J. Alcaraz
- B. Alpat
- G. Ambrosi
- P. Azzarello
- R. Battiston
- P. Bene
- J. Berdugo
- B. Bertucci
- A. Biland
- S. Blasko
- M. Bourquin
- W. J. Burger
- X. D. Cai
- M. Capell
- J. Casaus
- M. Cristinziani
- T. S. Dai
- P. Emonet
- T. Eronen
- P. Extermann
- E. Fiandrini
- A. Hasan
- H. Hofer
- A. Klimentov
- T. Laitinen
- G. Lamanna
- A. Lebedev
- P. Levtchenko
- K. Lubelsmeyer
- W. Lustermann
- M. Menichelli
- M. Pauluzzi
- E. Perrin
- N. Produit
- D. Rapin
- F. Raupach
- D. Ren
- M. Ribordy
- J. -P. Richeux
- E. Riihonen
- V. Shoutko
- H. Suter
- J. Torsti
- J. Ulbricht
- J. Vandenhirtz
- G. Viertel
- D. Vite
- W. Wallraff
- M. Weisgerber
- S. X. Wu
category: publications
date: '1999-11-01'
doi: 10.1007/BF03185598
draft: false
featured: false
journal: Nuovo Cimento A Serie
month: November
number: '11'
pages: 1325-1343
projects: []
publication: Nuovo Cimento A Serie
publication_types:
- '2'
tags:
- 'Detectors: dark matter'
- 'Cosmic rays: detectors'
- 'Space instrumentation: cosmic rays'
- 'Space instrumentation: dark matter'
title: 'A silicon microstrip tracker in space: experience with the AMS silicon tracker
  on STS-91.'
type: ARTICLE
volume: 112A
year: '1999'
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