“AMS Days at CERN” and Latest Results

The three-day event, “AMS Days at CERN,” will focus on the latest findings from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment on the International Space Station (ISS). This gathering will bring together the world’s leading theoretical physicists and principal investigators from key cosmic ray physics experiments such as IceCube, Pierre Auger Observatory, Fermi-LAT, H.E.S.S. and CTA, the Telescope Array, JEM-EUSO, and ISS-CREAM. The primary objective of this scientific exchange is to understand the correlation between AMS results and those from other major cosmic ray experiments and current theories.

New Results from the AMS Experiment on the International Space Station

New findings regarding the measurement of electrons and positrons in cosmic rays were announced today. These results are based on the analysis of the first 41 billion events collected by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the International Space Station (ISS). The findings provide a deeper understanding of the nature of high-energy cosmic rays and shed more light on the existence of dark matter.

A Series of New Results Presented by AMS at the ICRC 2013 Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

There is great anticipation for the presentation of a series of new results by the AMS collaboration at the 2013 International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC) in Brazil. On July 8th, during a special session of the ICRC dedicated to AMS, the Collaboration will present new findings on the precision measurements of spectra for protons, helium, electrons, positrons, and the boron/carbon ratio, along with the positron/electron ratio. These data correspond to 24 months of data collection and approximately 31 billion recorded triggers.

First Measurement Published by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) Collaboration announces the publication of its first physics result in the journal Physical Review Letters. AMS is the largest and most sensitive magnetic spectrometer for particle physics studies ever deployed in space. As shown in Figure 1, AMS is mounted on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). Since its installation on May 19, 2011, it has recorded over 30 billion cosmic rays with energies up to thousands of billions of electron volts.