Abstract
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a large acceptance, superconducting magnetic spectrometer designed to search for anti-matter and to study, with high accuracy, the origin of dark-matter and the composition of cosmic rays. The results of a Monte Carlo (MC) simulation study of AMS as a high-energy γ-ray detector are presented. AMS will be able to provide accurate measurements of γ-ray spectra over a broad energy range (up to hundreds of GeV) with energy resolution of a few per cent and angular resolution of 0.018-1°. The acceptance of 0.04-0.13 m 2sr has been estimated with maximal opening angle being 20° to 42°. The study of the background events has been done, the irreducible background-to-signal ratio being at the level of a few per cent or below being. The γ-ray sky survey sensitivity of AMS is finally discussed.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
