AN ANTIMATTER SPECTROMETER IN-SPACE

被引:166
作者
AHLEN, S
BALEBANOV, VM
BATTISTON, R
BECKER, U
BURGER, J
CAPELL, M
CHEN, HF
CHEN, HS
CHEN, M
CHERNOPLEKOV, N
CLARE, R
DAI, TS
DERUJULA, A
FISHER, P
GALAKTIONOV, Y
GOUGAS, A
GU, WQ
HE, M
KOUTSENKO, V
LEBEDEV, A
LI, TP
LU, YS
LUCKEY, D
MA, Y
MCNEIL, R
ORAVA, R
PREVSNER, A
PLYASKINE, V
RUBINSTEIN, H
SAGDEEV, R
SALAMON, M
TANG, HW
TING, SCC
VETLITSKY, I
WANG, YF
XIA, PC
XU, ZZ
WEFEL, JP
ZHANG, ZP
ZHOU, B
ZICHICHI, A
机构
[1] BOSTON UNIV,BOSTON,MA 02215
[2] IV KURCHATOV ATOM ENERGY INST,MOSCOW 123182,RUSSIA
[3] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,BALTIMORE,MD 21218
[4] MIT,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
[5] UNIV MARYLAND,EAST WEST CTR SPACE SCI,COLLEGE PK,MD 20742
[6] UNIV UTAH,SALT LAKE CITY,UT 84112
[7] UNIV BOLOGNA,I-40126 BOLOGNA,ITALY
[8] UNIV PERUGIA,I-06100 PERUGIA,ITALY
[9] UNIV UPPSALA,S-75121 UPPSALA,SWEDEN
[10] RUSSIAN ACAD SCI,SPACE RES INST,MOSCOW,RUSSIA
[11] ITEP,MOSCOW 117259,RUSSIA
[12] STATE UNIV LOUISIANA,BATON ROUGE,LA 70803
[13] SEFT,HIGH ENERGY PHYS RES INST,SF-00014 HELSINKI,FINLAND
[14] INFN,SEZ BOLOGNA,I-40126 BOLOGNA,ITALY
[15] INFN,SEZ BOLOGNA,I-06100 PERUGIA,ITALY
[16] CHINESE ACAD SCI,INST ELECT ENGN,BEIJING 100080,PEOPLES R CHINA
[17] CHINESE ACAD SCI,INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS,BEIJING 100039,PEOPLES R CHINA
[18] CHINESE UNIV SCI & TECHNOL,HEFEI 230029,PEOPLES R CHINA
[19] SHANDONG UNIV,SHANDONG 250100,PEOPLES R CHINA
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D O I
10.1016/0168-9002(94)91184-3
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We discuss a simple magnetic spectrometer to be installed on a satellite or space station. The purpose of this spectrometer is to search for primordial antimatter to the level of antimatter/matter almost-equal-to 10(-9), improving the existing limits obtained with balloon flights by a factor of 10(4) to 10(5). The design of the spectrometer is based on an iron-free, Nd-Fe-B permanent magnet, scintillation counters, drift tubes, and silicon or time projection chambers. Different design options are discussed. Typically, the spectrometer has a weight of about 2 tons and an acceptance of about 1.0 m2 sr. The availability of the new Nd-Fe-B material makes it possible for the first time to put a magnet into space economically and reliably.
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页码:351 / 367
页数:17
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