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Ulrich J. Becker.
Henning, Reyco, 1975-
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
2006-03-24T18:21:04Z
2006-03-24T18:21:04Z
2003
2004
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30117
55771347
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.
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