2 papers
astro-ph2007★ 1 cited
The AMS-RICH velocity and charge reconstruction
F. Barao, M. Aguilar-Benitez, L. Arruda +37
The AMS detector, to be installed on the International Space Station, includes a Ring Imaging Cerenkov detector with two different radiators, silica aerogel (n=1.05) and sodium flu…
astro-ph2007
Nuclear Cosmic Rays propagation in the Atmosphere
A. Putze, L. Derome, D. Maurin +1
The transport of the nuclear cosmic ray flux in the atmosphere is studied and the atmospheric corrections to be applied to the measurements are calculated. The contribution of the…