AMS-100: The Next Generation Magnetic Spectrometer in Space -- An International Science Platform for Physics and Astrophysics at Lagrange Point 2

Abstract

The next generation magnetic spectrometer in space, AMS-100, is designed to have a geometrical acceptance of $100{\mathrm{m}}^2\mathrm{sr}$ and to be operated for at least ten years at the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2. Compared to existing experiments, it will improve the sensitivity for the observation of new phenomena in cosmic rays, and in particular in cosmic antimatter, by at least a factor of 1000. The magnet design is based on high temperature superconductor tapes, which allow the construction of a thin solenoid with a homogeneous magnetic field of 1 Tesla inside. The inner volume is instrumented with a silicon tracker reaching a maximum detectable rigidity of 100 TV and a calorimeter system that is 70 radiation lengths deep, equivalent to four nuclear interaction lengths, which extends the energy reach for cosmic-ray nuclei up to the PeV scale, i.e. beyond the cosmic-ray knee. Covering most of the sky continuously, AMS-100 will detect high-energy gamma rays in the calorimeter system and by pair conversion in the thin solenoid, reconstructed with excellent angular resolution in the silicon tracker.

26 pages, 15 figures, to be submitted to Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A. Corresponding author: Stefan Schael

References in corpus (65)

• The Large Area Telescope on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Mission
• Potential Sensitivity of Gamma-Ray Burster Observations to Wave Dispersion in Vacuo
• Evidence for strong extragalactic magnetic fields from Fermi observations of TeV blazars
• PAMELA Measurements of Cosmic-ray Proton and Helium Spectra
• The Evolution and Structure of Pulsar Wind Nebulae
• The energy spectrum of cosmic-ray electrons at TeV energies
• Kaluza-Klein Dark Matter
• Observability of Gamma Rays from Dark Matter Neutralino Annihilations in the Milky Way Halo
• Direct detection of a break in the teraelectronvolt cosmic-ray spectrum of electrons and positrons
• Model-independent implications of the e+, e-, anti-proton cosmic ray spectra on properties of Dark Matter
• Probing the ATIC peak in the cosmic-ray electron spectrum with H.E.S.S
• PAMELA - A Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics
• 3FHL: The Third Catalog of Hard Fermi-LAT Sources
• The cosmic-ray electron flux measured by the PAMELA experiment between 1 and 625 GeV
• Energy Spectra of Abundant Nuclei of Primary Cosmic Rays from the Data of ATIC-2 Experiment: Final Results
• The DArk Matter Particle Explorer mission
• The cosmic-ray positron energy spectrum measured by PAMELA
• Teraelectronvolt Astronomy
• Proton and Helium Spectra from the CREAM-III Flight
• Evidence for a new light spin-zero boson from cosmological gamma-ray propagation?
• Novel dark matter constraints from antiprotons in the light of AMS-02
• Antideuterons as a Signature of Supersymmetric Dark Matter
• Electro-mechanical properties of REBCO coated conductors from various industrial manufacturers at 77 K, self-field and 4.2 K, 19 T
• Cosmic-ray electron+positron spectrum from 7 GeV to 2 TeV with the Fermi Large Area Telescope
• The origin of Galactic cosmic rays: challenges to the standard paradigm
• Direct Measurement of the Cosmic-Ray Proton Spectrum from 50 GeV to 10 TeV with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station
• Extended Measurement of the Cosmic-Ray Electron and Positron Spectrum from 11 GeV to 4.8 TeV with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station
• Probing the Pulsar Origin of the Anomalous Positron Fraction with AMS-02 and Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes
• Bayesian analysis of cosmic-ray propagation: evidence against homogeneous diffusion
• HAWC Observations Strongly Favor Pulsar Interpretations of the Cosmic-Ray Positron Excess
• Astrophysical models for the origin of the positron "excess"
• Indirect and direct search for dark matter
• Measurement of the cosmic-ray antiproton spectrum at solar minimum with a long-duration balloon flight over Antarctica
• PAMELA Satellite Data as a Signal of Non-Thermal Wino LSP Dark Matter
• Search for Cosmic-Ray Antideuterons
• Local Flux of Low-Energy Antiprotons from Evaporating Primordial Black Holes
• AMS-02 data confronts acceleration of cosmic ray secondaries in nearby sources
• Indications for a high-rigidity break in the cosmic-ray diffusion coefficient
• Is the PAMELA anomaly caused by the supernova explosions near the Earth?
• Origin of the Cosmic Ray Galactic Halo Driven by Advected Turbulence and Self-Generated Waves
• Lessons from HAWC PWNe observations: the diffusion constant is not a constant; Pulsars remain the likeliest sources of the anomalous positron fraction; Cosmic rays are trapped for long periods of time in pockets of inefficient diffusion
• Antideuteron Sensitivity for the GAPS Experiment
• Prospects to verify a possible dark matter hint in cosmic antiprotons with antideuterons and antihelium
• AMS02 results support the secondary origin of cosmic ray positrons
• Constraints on dark matter annihilation from AMS-02 results
• Measurements of cosmic-ray proton and helium spectra from the BESS-Polar long-duration balloon flights over Antarctica
• The High Energy cosmic-Radiation Detection (HERD) Facility onboard China's Future Space Station
• The Production of Anti-Matter in our Galaxy
• The Three-Dimensional Spatial Distribution of Interstellar Gas in the Milky Way: Implications for Cosmic Rays and High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emissions
• Investigating Gamma-Ray Lines from Dark Matter with Future Observatories
• The origin of the spectral intensities of cosmic-ray positrons
• Measurement of Cosmic-ray Electrons at TeV Energies by VERITAS
• Interpretation of the cosmic ray positron and antiproton fluxes
• Excesses of Cosmic Ray Spectra from A Single Nearby Source
• Cosmic ray signatures of a 2-3 Myr old local supernova
• The Connection Between the Positron Fraction Anomaly and the Spectral Features in Galactic Cosmic-Ray Hadrons
• Dark matter for excess of AMS-02 positrons and antiprotons
• General Analysis of Antideuteron Searches for Dark Matter
• An equation for the quench propagation velocity valid for high field magnet use of REBCO coated conductors
• A High-resolution Scintillating Fiber Tracker With Silicon Photomultiplier Array Readout
• Supersymmetric Resonant Dark Matter: a Thermal Model for the AMS-02 Positron Excess
• AMS-02 Positron Excess and Indirect Detection of Three-body Decaying Dark Matter
• Particles and Cosmology: Learning from Cosmic Rays
• Expectations of the Cosmic Antideuteron Flux
• Are there strangelets in cosmic rays?

Cited by in corpus (21)

• Detection of spectral hardenings in cosmic-ray boron-to-carbon and boron-to-oxygen flux ratios with DAMPE
• Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays: The Intersection of the Cosmic and Energy Frontiers
• Deciphering the local Interstellar spectra of secondary nuclei with GALPROP/HelMod framework and a hint for primary lithium in cosmic rays
• Galactic halo size in the light of recent AMS-02 data
• Contribution of pulsars to cosmic-ray positrons in light of recent observation of inverse-Compton halos
• Explaining cosmic ray antimatter with secondaries from old supernova remnants
• A novel prediction for secondary positrons and electrons in the Galaxy
• Gamma- and Cosmic-Ray Observations with the GAMMA-400 Gamma-Ray Telescope
• Pulsars Do Not Produce Sharp Features in the Cosmic-Ray Electron and Positron Spectra
• Cosmic Ray Antihelium from a Strongly Coupled Dark Sector
• Revisiting GeV-scale annihilating dark matter with the AMS-02 positron fraction
• Origin of Spectral Hardening of Secondary Cosmic-Ray Nuclei
• Production of light antinuclei in $pp$ collisions by dynamical coalescence and their fluxes in cosmic rays near earth
• Observing Signals of Spectral Features in the Cosmic-Ray Positrons and Electrons from Milky Way Pulsars
• Transport parameters from AMS-02 F/Si data and fluorine source abundance
• Investigating the CREDIT history of supernova remnants as cosmic-ray sources
• Direct measurements of cosmic rays and their possible interpretations
• $\overline{\text{D}}$arkRayNet: Emulation of cosmic-ray antideuteron fluxes from dark matter
• Possible counterpart signal of the Fermi bubbles at the cosmic-ray positrons
• Stochastic modelling of cosmic-ray sources for Galactic diffuse emissions
• Precision measurement of the cosmic-ray electron and positron fluxes as a function of time and energy with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station