The Gamma Ray Detection Capabilities of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

Acciarri; Ahlen; Alcock; Alverson; Baring; Barwick; Battiston; Begeman; Berezinsky; Bignami; Blandford; Bloom; Chiang; Dar; Dermer; Dunlop; Fich; Flores; Fukugita; Golden; Gould; Hartman; Henri; Hillas; Hunter; Hurley; Jungman; Kazanas; Kerrick; Kratsov; Kurfess; Li; Mattox; Mori; Mukherjee; Müller; Navarro; Navarro; Padovani; Plaga; Pohl; R Battiston; Reid; Salamon; Salamon; Salamon; Sambruna; Sikora; Sjöstrand; Sreekumar; Stecker; Stecker; Stecker; Stecker; Swanenberg; Thompson; Thompson; Thompson; Turner; von Montigny; Waxman; Wind

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The Gamma Ray Detection Capabilities of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

Authors: Acciarri
Ahlen
Alcock
Alverson
Baring
Barwick
Battiston
Begeman
Berezinsky
Bignami
Blandford
Bloom
Chiang
Dar
Dermer
Dunlop
Fich
Flores
Fukugita
Golden
Gould
Hartman
Henri
Hillas
Hunter
Hurley
Jungman
Kazanas
Kerrick
Kratsov
Kurfess
Li
Mattox
Mori
Mukherjee
Müller
Navarro
Navarro
Padovani
Plaga
Pohl
R Battiston
Reid
Salamon
Salamon
Salamon
Sambruna
Sikora
Sjöstrand
Sreekumar
Stecker
Stecker
Stecker
Stecker
Swanenberg
Thompson
Thompson
Thompson
Turner
von Montigny
Waxman
Wind
Publication date: 1 January 1999
Publisher: 'Elsevier BV'
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Abstract

The modeled performance of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) as a high energy (0.3 to 100 GeV) gamma-ray detector is described, and its gamma ray astrophysics objectives are discussed.Comment: Latex2e file; 33 pages of text, 20 EPS figures. Accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics. Correction to affiliations; no modifications of tex

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