Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer - 02 (AMS-02)
Research Area: Astrophysics
Expedition(s): 27-ongoing
Principle Investigator(s): ● Samuel Ting, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, Massachusets
● Manuel Aguilar-Benitez, Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas
Medioambientales y Tecnologicas, Madrid, Spain
● Silvie Rosie, PhD, Insitut National de Physique Nucleaire et de
Physique des Particules, Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
● Roberto Battiston, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Shih-Chang Lee, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
● Stefan Schael, Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule,
Aachen, Germany Martin Pohl, Université de Genève, Geneva,
Switzerland
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-02 (AMS-02) is a
state-of-the-art particle physics detector
constructed, tested, and operated by an
international team. The AMS-02 uses the unique
environment of space to advance knowledge of the
universe and leads to an understanding of the
universe's origin by searching for antimatter, dark
matter, and measuring cosmic rays.
EARTH BENEFITS
This investigation seeks to understand fundamental
issues shared by physics, astrophysics, and
cosmology on the origin and structure of the
universe. Results from AMS-02 will be used to
advance knowledge of the universe and lead to the
understanding of the universe's origin by searching
for antimatter, dark matter, and measuring cosmic
rays.SPACE BENEFITS
AMS-02 will provide a plethora of cosmic ray data
that will help to advance and perhaps redefine
much of what we know about the low-Earth orbit
space radiation environment.S134E007193, ISS028E016135 - Alpha
Magnetic Spectrometer mounted on the S3
truss.