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ATC-TDR

Abstract


This document describes the design of the Aerogel Threshold Cerenkov counter (ATC) currently under construction for the AMS STS-91 flight. The prototype tests, the mechanical design, the electronics, the software, and the detector assembly and space qualification tests are included.

The ATC Group

LAPP-Annecy, Annecy -le-Vieux, France

University of Bologna & INFN-Bologna, Bologna, Italy

ISN Grenoble, Grenoble, France

ITEP-Moscow, Moscow, Russia

Academia Sinica, Republic of China (Taiwan)


Issue: Draft - Revision: 04 - Last Modified: 20 April 1997