Search for antideuterons and strangelets in cosmic rays with AMS-01
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, February 2004.
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| author | Henning, Reyco, 1975- |
| author2 | Ulrich J. Becker. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/301172019-04-12T09:24:09Z Search for antideuterons and strangelets in cosmic rays with AMS-01 Henning, Reyco, 1975- Ulrich J. Becker. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. Physics. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, February 2004. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-119). AMS (the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer) is a high-energy particle detector in space. An engineer- ing version of AMS, AMS-01, flew on the space shuttle Discovery for ten days in June 1998 and collected 108 cosmic ray events. This thesis extends the previous results of the AMS-01 flight by performing a search for antideuterons (⁻D) in cosmic rays. Antideuterons in cosmic rays could be a signal for neutralino dark matter annihilation, primordial black hole evaporation and other interesting processes. No DÌ nuclei were found, and a flux limit is estimated. We also present the results of preliminary strangelet search. Some interesting effects of the Mir space station on AMS-01 when Discovery was docked with Mir are also discussed. by Reyco Henning. Ph.D. 2006-03-24T18:21:04Z 2006-03-24T18:21:04Z 2003 2004 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30117 55771347 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 119 leaves 5263861 bytes 5263668 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Physics. Henning, Reyco, 1975- Search for antideuterons and strangelets in cosmic rays with AMS-01 |
| title | Search for antideuterons and strangelets in cosmic rays with AMS-01 |
| title_full | Search for antideuterons and strangelets in cosmic rays with AMS-01 |
| title_fullStr | Search for antideuterons and strangelets in cosmic rays with AMS-01 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Search for antideuterons and strangelets in cosmic rays with AMS-01 |
| title_short | Search for antideuterons and strangelets in cosmic rays with AMS-01 |
| title_sort | search for antideuterons and strangelets in cosmic rays with ams 01 |
| topic | Physics. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30117 |
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