A transition radiation detector and gas supply system for AMS

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is an experiment that will be on the International Space Station for three years. It will look for anti-matter and dark matter. Supersymmetric dark matter could produce an excess in the 10-300GeV positron spectrum. A 10-6 separation of positrons from the more abundant protons is planned for this signal. A TRD (Transition Radiation Detector) has been designed to achieve these physics goals. Besides the radiator, the TRD is a gaseous detector that needs a gas system providing signal stability to 3%. The design, and construction of the TRD gas supply system is described with emphasis on the electronics control.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2004

Author dc:creator

• Demirköz, Bilge Melahat, 1980-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Ulrich J. Becker.

• Physics.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16645

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/16645