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    The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a particle physics experiment module that is mounted on the International Space Station (ISS). The experiment...
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    version: (2006–) "Mass spectrometer". doi:10.1351/goldbook.M03732 Aguilar, M.; et al. (February 2021). "The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the international...
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    experimental high-energy physics on Earth, Ting proposed the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a space-borne cosmic-ray detector. The proposal was accepted...
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    artificially created antihelium-4 nuclei (anti-alpha particles) (4 He) from such collisions. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station has...
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    interstellar gas. Preliminary results from the presently operating Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) on board the International Space Station show that positrons...
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    maintenance. Perhaps the most notable ISS experiment is the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), which is intended to detect dark matter and answer other...
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    "The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Experiment - Who is who". Archived from the original on 12 September 2011. "About AMS-02". 9 November 2021. "Alpha Magnetic...
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  • the crane in high winds. The experiment was superseded by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer which was approved by Congress. An earlier smaller test version...
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    excess antiprotons were observed. In 2013, results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station indicated excess high-energy...
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    the External Stowage Platforms, External Logistics Carriers, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and the Mobile Base System for the Canadarm2. The Z1 truss was...
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    processes. Preliminary results from the presently operating Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) on board the International Space Station show that positrons...
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    spaceflight of Space Shuttle Endeavour. This flight delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station...
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    truss segments, and four alongside Luca Parmitano, repairing the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle physics experiment, located on the outside of the ISS...
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  • strangelets, but searches are planned for the LHC ALICE detector. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), an instrument that is mounted on the International Space...
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  • radiocarbon dating Aerosol mass spectrometry Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, AMS-02 Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility Acute mountain sickness, a form...
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    Ambrosi, G.; Anderhub, H.; Ao, L.; et al. (August 2002). "The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the International Space Station: Part I – results from...
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  • (AMANDA) Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) Super-Kamiokande XENON Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) DAMPE (DArk Matter Particle Explorer) Fermi Gamma-ray Space...
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    instruments: a Gamma Ray Spectrometer, a Neutron spectrometer, a Magnetometer, an Electron Reflectometer, an Alpha Particle Spectrometer, and a Doppler Gravity...
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  • magnet coils (liquid-helium-cooled) were built to be used in the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer mission at the International Space Station. They were later replaced...
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    program came to an end. STS-91 also carried a prototype of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) into space. The AMS, designed to look for dark and missing...
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    Institute of Technology in 2001. She started working on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. She was offered PhD positions in California Institute of Technology...
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  • particle-tracker layers and optimised for higher-momentum particles. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer device AMS-02, Fig.10, recently mounted on the International...
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    Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station. According to the scientists, "the first results from the space-borne Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer...
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    mission, which was Endeavour's last. He and his crew delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the ISS. Most of the mission's delays were caused by external...
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    was the last of Space Shuttle Endeavour which delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and completed the US Orbital Segment. Chamitoff was born 6 August...
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    (centre of gravity of the folded spectrum). Alpha-particle spectroscopy Gamma probe Gamma ray spectrometer Isomeric shift Liquid scintillation counting...
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    Coleman. In May 2011, Space Shuttle Endeavour has delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) to the ISS. During Nespoli's stint with Expedition 27...
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    Telescope, the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI), and the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. Since 2018, an example of automated manufacturing on the ISS...
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    presented as a function of wavelength λ, temperature T or magnetic field H. MCD spectrometers can simultaneously measure absorbance and ΔA along the same...
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    15d 18h LC-39A Kennedy SLF ISS assembly flight ULF6, ELC 3, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Final flight of Endeavour 135 8 July 2011 15:29:04 UTC 11:29:04 EDT...
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