AMS Institute List

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) Collaboration

Spokesperson: Professor Samuel TING, MIT/CERN, Boston, USA

Deputy Spokesperson: Professor Roberto BATTISTON, INFN-TIFPA and
University of Trento, Italy

Participating Institutes
(According to the Memorandum of Understanding of the AMS Collaboration)
Updated February 2010

China

Academia Sinica, Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE), Bejijng Team Leader: Professor Qiuliang WANG Academia Sinica, Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing Team Leader: Professor He-Sheng CHEN Jiao Tong University, Department of Physics, Shanghai Team Leader: Professor Qinghao YE National Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Beijing)   Shandong University, Tsinan Team Leader: Professor Lin CHENG Southeast University, Nanjing Team Leader: Professor Junzhou LUO Sun Yat-Sen University, School of Physics and Engineering, Guangzhou Team Leader: Professor Zhenhui HE

Korea

Kyungpook National University, Daegu Ewha Women's University, Seoul Team Leader: Professor Dong-Chul SON

Taiwan

Academia Sinica, Institute of Physics, Taipei   Team Leader: Professor Shih-Chang LEE National Central University (NCU), Taipei Team Leader: Professor Yuan-Hann CHANG National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST), Lungtan

Denmark

Århus University, Institute of Physics and Astronomy

Finland

Helsinki University of Technology, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Kylmala Team Leader: Professor Ari MUJUNEN University of Turku, Space Research Laboratory Team Leader: Professor Timo ERONEN

France

Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (IN2P3), Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Annecy-Le-Vieux Team Leader: Dr. Silvie ROSIER Universite Joseph Fourier (Grenoble 1), Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC) Team Leader:  Professor Laurent DEROME   Université Montpellier II, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique & Astroparticules (LPTA) Team Leader: Professor Agnieszka JACHOLKOWSKI

Germany

Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH), I. Physikalisches Institut (B),  Aachen Team Leader: Professor Stefan SCHAEL Karlsruhe Institut fur Technologie (KIT), Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Team Leader: Professor Wim DE BOER

Italy

Sezione INFN and  Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna Team Leader: Professor Andrea CONTIN Istituto di Ricerca sulle Onde Elettromagnetiche, IROE, CNR, Firenze Team Leader: Guido CASTELLINI Sezione INFN  and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano Team Leader: Dr. Pier-Giorgio RANCOITA Sezione INFN  and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia Team Leader: Professor Bruna BERTUCCI Sezione INFN  and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa Team Leader: Dr. Marco INCAGLI Sezione INFN  and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza', Roma Team Leader: Professor Bruno BORGIA Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita degli Studi di Siena, Siena Team Leader: Professor Piersimone MARROCCHESI

Netherlands

Nationaal Lucht- en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium (NLR), Emmeloord Team Leader: Dr. Johannes VAN ES

Portugal

Dep. de Fisica Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Particulas (LIP), Lisbon Team Leader: Professor Fernando BARAO

Spain

Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC), La Laguna Team Leader: Professor Ramon GARCIA LOPEZ Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnologicas (CIEMAT), Madrid Team Leader: Professor Manuel AGUILAR-BENITEZ

Switzerland

Departement de Physique, Université de Genève, Geneve Team Leader: Professor Martin POHL Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich (ETHZ), Zurich Team Leader: Professor Andre RUBBIA

USA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge Team Leader: Professor Samuel TING University of Maryland, Institute for Physical Science and Technology (IPST), College Park Team Leader: Professor Eun Suk SEO Yale University, Physics Department, New Haven Team Leader:  Professor Jack SANDWEISS

Mexico

Universidad Nacional Autonoma (UNAM), Instituto de Fisica, Mexico City Team Leader: Professor Arturo MENCHACA-ROCHA

CONTRIBUTING SPACE AGENCIES

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through its Centers: - Johnson Space Center, Houston, Tx, USA - Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland, Ma, USA - Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Fl, USA - Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Al, USA Italian Space Agency (ASI) German Aerospace Center (DLR) European Space Agency (ESA), through: - Directorate Human Space Flight and Exploration - European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) - Taichung, Taiwan

Additional Institutes and Group Contributions

In addition, the following Institutes/Groups made important contribution  to the construction  of the AMS experiment:   Jacobs Sverdrup Engineering and Science Contract Group (ESCG), Houston, USA Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA Texas A & M University, Department of Physics, Houston,  USA Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany Nationaal Instituut voor Subatomaire Fysica (NIKHEF),  Amsterdam, The Netherlands University of Bucharest, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania I. V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow, Russia ITEP Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP), Moscow, Russia Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow, Russia