Table · dataset · 2026
AMS-02 Spectral Results Catalog
Listed in IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory)
The AMS02SPEC database table records the spectral results obtained with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) experiment on the International Space Station (ISS), a cosmic ray particle detector installed in May 2011.
Description
The experiment consists of several components, which collectively measure particle species, energy, geomagnetic rigidity, or veto off-axis particles and high-energy photons. The experiment covers the energy range of ~0.1 GeV - ~2 TeV.
AMS-02 is the result of a collaboration between MIT, the University of Hawaii, CERN, NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy, and ESA. It was launched on the Space Shuttle Endeavor (STS-134) on May 16, 2011 and was installed three days later at which time science operations commenced. Operations were interrupted by in-flight servicing of the cooling pumps for the silicon tracker: servicing took place between November 2019 and January 2020, after which science operations were restored.
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It is anticipated to continue operations for as long as the ISS itself remains functional. This database table was first ingested by the HEASARC in June 2026. The AMS-02 team in collaboration with the HEASARC developed the FITS file structure for these data.
The data have been published in a series of papers (see bibliographic references) and archived in FITS format at the HEASARC. The data and the database table are updated periodically to reflect additional data as they becomes available. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
Links
Where it is published
- Reference page heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/ams02spec.html ↗
landing page · from IVOA Registry
Catalogue records · 2
- VOResource record dc.g-vo.org/oai.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=ivo_vor&identifier=ivo%3… ↗
metadata API · from IVOA Registry
- Registry record (GAVO) dc.g-vo.org/I/nasa.heasarc/ams02spec ↗
catalogue entry · from IVOA Registry
Topics
- Stated by source
- Gamma-Ray
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Inferred from text
- Tabular 65%
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory) | ivo://nasa.heasarc/ams02spec | 14 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].ivoa_waveband:gamma-ray | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:tabular | enrichment · IVOA Registry | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| description | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_description |
| publication_date | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_title |
| updated_date | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 |