In-flight operations and efficiency of the AMS-02 silicon tracker

G. Ambrosi; P. Azzrello; R. Battiston; J. Bazo; B. Bertucci; E. Choumilov; V. Choutko; C. Delgado-Mendez; M. Duranti; D. D’Urso; E. Fiandrini; M. Graziani; M. Habiby; S. Haino; M. Ionica; I. Mereu; S. Natale; F. Nozzoli; A. Oliva; M. Paniccia; C. Pizzolotto; M. Pohl; D. Rapin; P. Saouter; N. Tomassetti; K. Wu; Z. Zhang; P. Zuccon

In-flight operations and efficiency of the AMS-02 silicon tracker

G. Ambrosi, P. Azzrello, R. Battiston, J. Bazo, B. Bertucci, E. Choumilov, V. Choutko, C. Delgado-Mendez, M. Duranti, D. D’Urso, E. Fiandrini, M. Graziani, M. Habiby, S. Haino, M. Ionica, I. Mereu, S. Natale, F. Nozzoli, A. Oliva, M. PanicciaC. Pizzolotto, M. Pohl, D. Rapin, P. Saouter, N. Tomassetti, K. Wu, Z. Zhang, P. Zuccon

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Abstract

The AMS-02 instrument has been installed on board of the International Space Station and is taking data since May 19th 2011. One of the key subdetectors of AMS-02 is the silicon microstrip Tracker, designed to precisely measure the trajectory and absolute charge of cosmic rays in the GeV-TeV energy range. This report presents the Tracker online operations and calibration during the first two years of data taking in space. It covers several aspects of the detector stability and calibration, such as dead and noisy strips, pedestals and temperature dependence, used for selecting good data for physics analysis. In addition, the method for evaluating the track reconstruction efficiency is discussed, which uses other subdetectors for an independent estimation. The results of the track efficiency, that are used in the calculation of cosmic rays fluxes, are presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013
Publisher	Sociedade Brasileira de Fisica
ISBN (Electronic)	9788589064293
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Duration: 2 Jul 2013 → 9 Jul 2013

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013
Volume	2013-October

Conference

Conference	33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013
Country/Territory	Brazil
City	Rio de Janeiro
Period	2/07/13 → 9/07/13

Keywords

AMS-02
Calibration
Performance
Silicon Tracker

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Ambrosi, G., Azzrello, P., Battiston, R., Bazo, J., Bertucci, B., Choumilov, E., Choutko, V., Delgado-Mendez, C., Duranti, M., D’Urso, D., Fiandrini, E., Graziani, M., Habiby, M., Haino, S., Ionica, M., Mereu, I., Natale, S., Nozzoli, F., Oliva, A., ... Zuccon, P. (2013). In-flight operations and efficiency of the AMS-02 silicon tracker. In Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013 (Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013; Vol. 2013-October). Sociedade Brasileira de Fisica.

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Ambrosi, G, Azzrello, P, Battiston, R, Bazo, J, Bertucci, B, Choumilov, E, Choutko, V, Delgado-Mendez, C, Duranti, M, D’Urso, D, Fiandrini, E, Graziani, M, Habiby, M, Haino, S, Ionica, M, Mereu, I, Natale, S, Nozzoli, F, Oliva, A, Paniccia, M, Pizzolotto, C, Pohl, M, Rapin, D, Saouter, P, Tomassetti, N, Wu, K, Zhang, Z & Zuccon, P 2013, In-flight operations and efficiency of the AMS-02 silicon tracker. in Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013. Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013, vol. 2013-October, Sociedade Brasileira de Fisica, 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2/07/13.

In-flight operations and efficiency of the AMS-02 silicon tracker. / Ambrosi, G.; Azzrello, P.; Battiston, R. et al.
Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013. Sociedade Brasileira de Fisica, 2013. (Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013; Vol. 2013-October).

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