AMS Notes 2000
AMS note 2000_01_01.
K.Luebelsmeyer, Aachen-I.
AMS TRD Meeting in Aachen, Germany, January 24-25, 2000.
Paper Copies available at the secretariat.
February 04, 2000.
AMS note 2000_01_02.
B.Bradford, Marshall Space Flight Center.
"ISS remote User Networking - Jan. 04, 2000."
February 18, 2000.
AMS note 2000_01_03.
L.Baldini, P.Fisher, MIT.
"AMS RICH II Reconstruction program."
February 23, 2000.
AMS note 2000_02_01.
R.Battiston, Perugia INFN.
AMS Tracker Meeting in Perugia, Italy, February 07-08, 2000.
You can find all the talks at the secretariat.
February 09, 2000.
AMS note 2000_02_02.
AMS General Meeting at CERN, Switzerland, February 14-17, 2000.
"AMS-2 Data Acquisition System.", X.Cai, MIT - AMS note 2000_02_02d.
"AMS General Meeting Testbeam 11/99 Results.", Th. Kirn, Aachen I -
AMS note 2000_02_02a.
"AMS General Meeting TRD Simulation Studies.", Th. Kirn, Th. Siedenburg,
Aachen I -
AMS note 2000_02_02b.
"Magnetic Field Test of Phototube Hamamatsu R5946.", Th. Kirn, G. Schwering, Aachen I -
AMS note 2000_02_02c.
"Proton tracing in the geomagnetic field." D.Grandi, INFN Milano - AMS note 2000_02_02e - Downward production angles (atmosphere) - Upward production angles (atmosphere).
AMS note 2000_02_03.
V.Choutko, MIT.
"Particle Rates for Year 2003."
February 23, 2000.
AMS note 2000_02_04.
V.Choutko, A.Klimentov.
"Data processing and computing for the AMS 02 ISS mission."
February 29, 2000.
AMS note 2000_03_01.
AMS Electronics Meeting for the CSIST visit at CERN, March 07, 2000.
"Tracker Readout System." G.Ambrosi.
"AMS-02 Thermal Considerations." J.Burger.
"Proposal of AMS-02 Global Acquisition System." X.Cai.
"AMS 02 Electronics Overview." M.Capell.
"PMT Electronics." G.Castellini.
"AMS-02 Electronic Hardware Manufacturing and QA plan." CSIST.
"Simulation of the AMS-2 DAQ system." A.Kounine.
"TRD and Gas Electronics Global Monitoring & Control." V.Koutsenko.
"Data Acquisition." A.Lebedev.
"Power Supply Status and production plan." M.Menichelli.
"AMS Electronics Meeting Transition Radiation Detector." G.Schwering.
"Global DAQ System Upgrade for AMS-2." S. Wu.
March 30, 2000.
Paper copies are available at the secretariat.
AMS note 2000_03_02.
AMS Power Architecture Meeting at CERN, Switzerland, March 20-21, 2000.
March 21, 2000.
Paper copies are available at the secretariat.
AMS note 2000_03_03.
William Hungerford, ETH.
"AMS-02 Flight Safety Certification Process."
March 24, 2000.
AMS note 2000_03_04.
A. Kounine, V. Koutsenko MIT.
"AMS-2 TRD: uniformity requirements and in-situ calibration."
March 20, 2000.
AMS note 2000_04_01.
AMS Tracker meeting at CERN, Switzerland, April 04-05, 2000.
"HCC status (384 + 115 pcs)." G.Ambrosi, Geneva University.
"S9007 DAQ Development Board." Guido's Castellini Board.
"Z>2 signal." W.J.Burger, M.Cristinziani, Geneva University.
"Z>2 selected events after cuts." M.Cristinziani, Geneva University.
"Measurements on VA- hdr. 9a,b." M.Cristinziani, Geneva University.
"AMS Pre-Production Status." R.Della Marina, CSEM Microsystems.
"History - AMS2 cable R&D start." P.Levtchenko.
"Ladder Assembly." M.Pauluzzi, INFN Perugia.
"AMS Tracker Cooling System Design Status." E.Perrin, Geneva University.
"AMS-01 Si Tracker Alignment during the STS 91 Mission." J.Vandenhirtz, Aachen-1.
"Tests on AMS-02 silicon Microstrips." D.Vite, Geneva University.
"PS Status Report."...
April 17, 2000.
Paper copies are available at the secretariat.
AMS note 2000_04_02.
AMS 02 GDAQ Interface, ETC Meeting at CERN, Switzerland - April 13, 2000.
April 17, 2000.
Paper copies are available at the secretariat.
AMS note 2000_04_03.
AMS RICH meeting at CERN, Switzerland - April 17-18, 2000.
"RICH." P.Apollonio, Carlo Gavazzi Space.
"PMTs Electronics." M.Capell
"RICH Simulation." CIEMAT Group.
"Bipolar-CMOS Front-End ASICs." G.Pessina, I.Capelluti, G.Boella, INFN Milano.
"Chromatic limit of resolution."
"Who does what in proto II ?."
April 18, 2000.
Paper copies are available at the secretariat.
AMS note 2000_05_01.
AMS 02 TIM and General Meeting, Kennedy Space Center, USA - May 01-05, 2000.
"AMS-2 Random Vibration Test Plan." Institute of Spacecraft Environment Engineering, Beijing.
"The Honeycomb plate of AMS-02 ECAL Static Test Plan." Institute of Space craft Environment Engineering, Beijing.
"AMS-02 ECAL Centrifugal Test." Institute of Spacecraft Environment Engineering, Beijing.
"Progress Report on RICH." J. Berdugo, Ciemat.
"Characterization of hydrophobic silica aerogel SP-25: a Progress Report." M. Buenerd, M.F. Villoro, J.C. Plascecia, R. Nunez, A. Menchaca-Rocha, J.M. Hernandez.
"AMS-02 TRD Gas System." J. Burger, MIT.
"AMS : ISS Electrical Interfaces." M. Capell, MIT AMS note 2000_05_01a.
"Finite Element Analysis for AMS-ECAL Structure (Preliminary Design Analysis)." Wang Yi, Pan Zhongwen, Huang Dongmei, CALT.
"ECAL to USS-02." F. Cervelli, INFN Pisa.
"AMS-02 Thermal Requirements." C. Clark, Lockheed Martin AMS note 2000_05_01h.
"Straw Tubes Vacuum Properties." R. Edenhofer, S. Fopp, Aachen I.
"Testbeam Results." R. Edenhofer, S. Fopp, Th. Kirn, J. Orboeck, G. Schwering, Th. Siedenburg, W. Wallraff, J. Burger, P. Berges.
"TRD Gas System Studies." P. Fisher, MIT.
"Lower USS-02 GHE Operation." R. Harold, Lockheed Martin AMS note-2000_05_01e.
"Payload Assembly." R. Harold, Lockheed Martin AMS note 2000_05_01k.
"AMS-02 Payload Assembly on ISS S3-Z Inboard Pas Site." R.Harold, Lockheed Martin AMS note 2000_05_01d.
"Unique Support Structure (USS)-02." R. Harold, Lockheed Martin AMS note 2000_05_01b (USS 02-1) - AMS 2000_05_01c (USS 02-2)..
"Fixture." R. Harold, Lockheed Martin AMS note 2000_05_01l.
"GHE Operations." R. Harold, Lockheed Martin AMS note 2000_05_01m.
"Facilities Overview." J. Keifenheim, NASA KSC.
"AMS - Transition Radiation Detector - Preliminary Thermal Analysis." Kayser-Threde, Germany.
"RICH to USS-02 with 5 cm Increase in Height." G. Laurenti, INFN Bologna.
"TRD Mechanics - Structure Status Report." K. Luebelsmeyer, F. Miehlich, A. Schultz von Dratzig, R. Siedling, M. Wlochal, J. Krieger.
"Preliminary Design Review (PDR) Process Overview." T. Martin, Lockheed Martin AMS note 2000_05_01f.
"Helium Venting and Vacuum Seals." T. Martin, Lockheed Martin AMS note 2000_05_01g .
"Mechanical Integration and PDR Requirements Summary." T.Martin, Lockheed Martin AMS note 2000_05_01i.
"Vacuum Case." P. Mott, Lockheed Martin AMS note 2000_05_01j.
"Vacuum Case - Mechanical Design." P. Mott, Lockheed Martin AMS note 2000_05_01n.
"Avionics Integration Hardware and Mission Operations." P. Nemeth, Lockheed Martin.
"AMS-02 Progress Report." S. Ting, MIT.
"Safety Policy and Requirements (January 1989)." T. Tinsler, Lockheed Martin.
"AMS Tracker Cooling System." B. Verlaat, NIKHEF.
"PSRD - Progress Report." G.Viertel, ETH Zurich.
"Experiment Hardware Integration into/onto the USS-02." G. Viertel, ETH Zurich.
"TRD presentation." W. Wallraff, Aachen I.
May 22, 2000.
Paper copies are available at the secretariat.
AMS note 2000_05_02.
International School Of Astroparticle Physics, Workshop on Space For Peace Technology: Physics with AMS, Erice, Sicily - May 06-14, 2000.
"First Results of AMS On Helium." J. Casaus, Ciemat.
"Under Cutoff Proton Flux Measurement with AMS Detector at STS91." V. Choutko, MIT AMS note 2000_05_02b.
"Over Cutoff Proton Flux Measurement with AMS Detector at STS91." V. Choutko, MIT AMS note 2000_05_02c.
"High Energy astrophysics from space: Aims." T. Courvoisier, INTEGRAL.
"First Results of AMS on Antimatter Search." M. Cristinziani, Geneva University AMS note 2000_05_02d .
"MONTE-CARLO Simulation of Proton Spectra from AMS 01." L.Derome, A. Barrau, A. Bouchet, T. Thuillier, M. Buenerd, ISN Grenoble.
"Recent Progress in Supersymmetry and Implications for Dark Matter." J. Feng, IAS, Princeton.
"Trapped Particles in Earth's Magnetic Field." E. Fiandrini, G. Esposito, INFN Perugia.
"AMS Electron and Positron Measurements." I. Galaktionov, ITEP AMS note 2000_05_02a.
"Current Status of Inflationary Cosmology." A. Guth, MIT.
"First Results of AMS on Tracing I." M.A. Huang, P. Yeh, Z. Ren, Academia Sinica and NCU.
"NASA Research Opportunities in Astroparticle Physics." W. Vernon Jones, NASA.
"Recent Astrophysics Issues for Detection of Particle Dark Matter." M. Kamionkowski, Caltech.
"Deuterons Spectra in Near Earth Orbit." G. Lamanna, INFN Perugia.
"Atmospheric Neutrinos." P. Lipari, INFN Roma.
"Cosmic Rays in the Heliosphere." F. B. Mc Donald, Institute for Physical Science and Technology.
"Discussion on AMS proton results." V. Plyaskine, ITEP.
"Analysis of AMS Data with Particle Tracing." Z. Ren, Academia Sinica.
"Antiprotons and Antideuterons as a Probe for Galactic Cosmic Rays." P. Salati, LAPTH.
"Galactic Cosmic Ray Composition." Eunk-Suk Seo, University of Maryland.
"Search for fossil quarks." F. Vannucci, IN2P3.
AMS 02 Electronics - May 12-13, 2000.
"AMS-2 Communication Protocols." X. Cai, MIT AMS note 2000_05_02j.
"Software Development of Main DAQ Computer." X. Cai, MIT AMS note 2000_05_02k.
"Overview." M. Capell, MIT AMS note 2000_05_02e.
"Thermo/Mechanics." M. Capell, MIT AMS note 2000_05_02f.
"Trigger." M. Capell, MIT AMS note 2000_05_02h.
"Summary." M. Capell, MIT AMS note 2000_05_02l.
"PMT Electronics." G. Castellini, INFN Florence.
"Particle Rates for Years 2003-2006." V. Choutko, MIT AMS note 2000_05_02g.
"Tome of Flight Electronics." A. Contin, INFN Bologna.
"SRD Electronic Overview." O. Grimm, ETH Zurich.
"EMC Front End Electronics." V. Hermel, LAPP.
"Towards DAQ implementation." A. Kounine, MIT AMS note 2000_05_02i.
"TRD Electronics." V. Koutsenko, MIT.
"DAQ." A. Lebedev, MIT AMS note 2000_05_02m.
"RICH Electronics." J. Marin, Ciemat AMS note 2000_05_02n.
"AMS Tracker Electronics." M. Menichelli, INFN Perugia.
"Star Tracker." R. Stalio, P.Trampus, CARSO.
May 22, 2000.
Paper copies are available at the secretariat.
AMS note 2000_05_03.
Michel Buenerd, ISN Grenoble.
"Refractive index and Cerenkov radiator thickness."
May 30, 2000.
AMS note 2000_05_04.
T.Thuillier, L.Derome, A.Bouchet, M.Buenerd, ISN Grenoble.
"Optimum pixel size for the RICH counter."
May 30, 2000.
AMS note 2000_05_05.
A.Bouchet, T.Thuillier, L.Derome, A.Menchaca-Rocha, M.Buenerd, ISN Grenoble.
"Simulation of cosmic Be isotopes detected by the RICH in AMS on the ISS."
May 30, 2000.
AMS note 2000_05_06.
M.Buenerd, ISN Grenoble.
"Note on the radiator configuration for the RICH of AMS."
June 09, 2000.
AMS note-2000_06_01 (.doc) - AMS note-2000_06_01 (.ps).
R.Battiston, INFN Perugia.
"Minutes of the AMS Tracker Meeting in Perugia - June 13-16, 2000."
You can find all the talks at the secretariat.
June 14, 2000.
AMS note-2000_06_01a (.doc) - AMS note-2000_06_01a (.ps.gz)
R.Battiston, INFN Perugia.
"Minutes of the Tracker Thermal meeting at CERN - June 16, 2000."
June 20, 2000.
AMS note-2000_06_02 (.doc) - AMS note-2000_06_02 (.ps).
G.Laurenti, INFN Bologna.
"Minutes of the AMS RICH Meeting at CERN - June 08-09, 2000."
June 16, 2000.
AMS note-2000_06_03.
AMS Data Organization Meeting, INFN Milano - June 14, 2000.
June 23, 2000.
AMS note-2000_06_04.
AMS 02 TRD Meeting, CERN - June 06-07, 2000.
"TRD - Gas supply system." U.Becker, MIT.
"Physics of Gas Media." U.Becker, MIT.
"TRD recirculation Study at MIT." U.Becker, P.Fisher, R.Henning, B.Monreal, K.Ensslin.
"Gas Supply System." J.Burger, MIT.
"Front End Electronics." W.Karpinski, Aachen-I.
"Radiator - Test Beam." Th. Kirn, Aachen-I.
"Uniformity requirements and in-situ calibration." A.Kounine, MIT.
"HV System and Supply." V.Koutsenko, MIT.
"Outer Mechanics." J.Krieger, ISATEC.
"System Issues." K.Luebelsmeyer, Aachen-I.
"Level-2 Trigger from TRD ?" G.Schwering, Aachen-I.
"DAQ Electronics Ovweview." G.Schwering, Aachen-I.
"Test Beam Setup." R.Siedling, Aachen-I.
June 27, 2000.
AMS note-2000_06_05.
AMS Thermal Meeting on Integrated Thermal Analysis, CERN - June 29, 2000.
J.Burger, MIT.
"Minutes of the AMS02 Thermal Meeting on Integrated Thermal Analysis at CERN on June 29, 2000."
July 05, 2000.
AMS note-2000_06_06.
AMS General Meeting on Preliminary Design Review, JSC - June 19-20, 2000.
July 13, 2000.
AMS note-2000_07_01.
AMS Electronics Meeting, CSIST, Taiwan - July 07-10, 2000.
July 14, 2000.
AMS note-2000_07_02
G.Lamanna, INFN Perugia.
"Deuterons in Near Earth Orbit."
July 17, 2000.
AMS note-2000_08_01.
AMS TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE MEETING and Safety Review Rehearsal, CERN, Geneva - August 14-18, 2000.
AMS-02
- "Status of ISS." Jim Bates, NASA, JSC.
- "Status of AMS and Welcome Prof. June Matthews of MIT-LNS." Samuel C.C. Ting, MIT.
- "AMS Superconducting Magnet." John Ross, Space Cryomagnetics.
- "AMS Cryocooler." Rick Foster, MIT.
- "Progress Report on AMS Cryomagnet." Hans Hofer.
- "Payload Overview and Phase 0/1 Flight Safety Review Agenda." Ken Bollweg, LMSO.
- "Cryogenic Magnet Overview & Key Issues." Ken Bollweg, LMSO.
- "Avionics Integration & Operations Overview." Paul Nemeth, Louis Li.
- "Cryosystem Venting & Certification". Ken Bollweg, LMSO.
- "Cryomagnet System Details". Trent Martin, LMSO.
- "Cryomagnet Testing for AMS-02". Trent Martin, LMSO.
- "Structural Design & Analysis Overview". Trent Martin, LMSO.
- "AMS-02 Unique Support Structure (USS)-02, Vacuum Case (VC), & Cryomagnet Testing Flow". Trent Martin, LMSO.
- "AMS-02 Payload Hazard Report (Aug.20)". Tom Tinsler, LMSO.
- "AMS-02 Silicon Tracker Progess Report". Martin Pohl, Univ. Geneva.
- "AMS-02 Preliminary Design Report on Tracker Alignment System". Wolfgang Wallraff, Aachen-1.
- "AMS-02 Electronics Status Report". Mike Capell, MIT.
- "AMS-02 Tracker Readout Electronics". Eduardo Cortina, Univ. Geneva.
- "AMS-02 Transition Radiation Detector Electronics". Georg Schwering, Aachen-1.
- "AMS-02 EMC Electronics Report". Valerie Hermel, LAPP.
- "AMS-02 DAQ Electronics". Alexei Lebedev, MIT.
- "AMS-02 Data Transfer Rate in CDDC and DAQ link". Chih-Hsun Lin, NCU, Taiwan.
- "AMS-02 Top Level DAQ System Status at CSIST". Yuan-Hann Chang, NCU, Taiwan.
- "AMS-02 Beam Tests at GSI". Andrei Kounine, MIT.
- "AMS-02 Transition Radiation Detector (TRD)". Klaus Luebelsmeyer, Aachen-1.
- "AMS-02 TRD Test beam 07/2000 Results". Jan Krieger, Aachen-1.
- "AMS-02 TRD Mechanics & Structure Progress Report (TRD)". Klaus Luebelsmeyer et al., Aachen-1.
- "AMS-02 Progress Report on TRD Gas Stability". Ulrich Becker, MIT.
- "AMS-02 Hamamatsu Photomultiplier Tubes Behavior Study". Andrea Contin, Univ.Bologna.
- "AMS-02 Progress Report on RICH". Giuliano Laurenti, Univ. Bologna.
- "AMS-02 Progress Report on ECAL". Franco Cervelli, Univ. Pisa.
Thermal Meeting, August 18, 2000
- "AMS Status Report." Jim Bates, NASA, JSC.
- "Thermal Considerations". Joe Burger, MIT.
- "AMS-02 Integrated Thermal Concept". M. Molina, Carlo Gavazzi.
- "AMS-02 Introduction of National Space Program Office". Lee H. Ting, NSPO, Taiwan.
- "AMS-02 NASA Thermal Considerations". Craig Clark, LMSE.
- "AMS-02 TRD Preliminary Thermal Analysis". Von Reise-Rotenburg, Kayser-Threde.
- "AMS-02 Measurements at NLR on Silicon Tracker Thermal Control System". A. Delil, NLR, NL.
Power Supply System Meeting, August 21, 2000
- "DC-DC Converter Discussion".
Paper copies are available at the secretariat.
AMS note-2000_08_02
Tom Tinsler, Lockheed Martin Space Operations.
"Space Shuttle Payload Ground Safety Handbook, KHB 1700.7, Rev.C, Aug.19, 1999."
August 31, 2000.
AMS note-2000_09_01
Andrei Kounine.
"AMS Beam test at GSI - 31.10-9.11 2000. Version 1"
30 August, 2000.
AMS note-2000_09_02
P. Egelhof, GSI Beamtime coordinator.
"AMS Beam Schedule at GSI - Oct.4-Dec.20 2000 - UNILAC. "
30 August, 2000.
AMS note-2000_09_03
P. Egelhof, GSI Beamtime coordinator.
"AMS Beam Schedule at GSI - Oct.4-Dec.20 2000 - SIS/ESR. "
30 August, 2000.
AMS note-2000_09_04
Thomas Thuillier, ISN-Grenoble,
THESIS
"Un Imageur d'anneaux Tcherenkov pour l'experience AMS : simulation, protoypie et perspectives physiques".
Presented on May 15, 2000
20 September, 2000. Paper copy only.
AMS note-2000_09_05
Alexei Klimentov, MIT,
AMS DATA STORAGE TECHNICAL MEETING (CERN, September 28, 2000)
28 September, 2000.
AMS note-2000_10_01
Davide Grandi, INFN Milano, CILEA Milano
"Particle Tracing Method for AMS Data Analysis"
3 October, 2000.
AMS note-2000_11_01
Fiorenza Donato, LAPTH, Annecy-le-Vieux, and INFN.
"Standard and Exotic Cosmic Rays : Recent Results and AMS Potentials"
AMS meeting at CERN dated 24 November 2000.
24 November, 2000.
AMS note-2000_12_01
Alexei Klimentov, MIT,
AMS DATA MODEL TECHNICAL MEETING (CERN, November 21, 2000)
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