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Swiss Participation in AMS M. Pohl, M. Bourquin, C.Leluc, D. Rapin COMPOSITE DESIGN Geneva EMPA Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ROMABAU SULZER BIERI Eng. WEKA Lausanne H. Hofer, F. Pauss, G.Viertel, J.Ulbricht University of Geneva Supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation Participated since its foundation Strongly supported by our institutions for more than 10 years Space and precise mechanics industry have contributed significantly Zurich COLYBRIS CONTRAVES

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Swiss Participation in AMS A large effort in skilled personnel

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Thanks to this academic and industrial support we have been able to make substantial contributions to key elements of AMS: The Superconducting Magnet and the Silicon Tracker The superconducting magnet is the main responsibility of ETH-Zurich: Led the international collaboration which resulted in today’s impressive status Developed new technologies for use of superfluid helium in space: Aluminium-stabilised superconducting wire Manufacturing of the helium vessel Swiss Participation in AMS

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Swiss Participation in AMS University of Geneva has participated in the design and construction of the Silicon Microstrip Tracker Goal was to build 8 space-qualified planes with a spatial resolution of 10 micrometers (achieved) and the identification of all relevant nuclei (and antinuclei) (achieved)

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Swiss Participation in AMS The specialized team of physicists and engineers of the University of Geneva has now completed the assembly of the silicon microstrip planes in their supports. We will integrate, in the AMS experiment structure at CERN, the completed inner detector ( five planes), the two outer planes, and the 92 readout electronics boards manufactured and tested in Taiwan Inner detector front view Inner detector side view