Particle Physics in Space with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
Prof. Dr. Martin Pohl (CAP Genève and DPNC, Université de Genève, Switzerland)

I review recent results on cosmic rays from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, AMS-02, taking data on the International Space Station since 2011. In excess of 60 billion cosmic rays have been registered in the energy range between a few 100 MeV and a few TeV, representing the largest sample of cosmic rays since their discovery more than 100 years ago. The flawless performance of the detector and its large amount of redundancy allow to cope with the challenging systematics of large statistics flux and composition measurements. These provide detailed information for understanding the production, acceleration and transport of cosmic rays in our galaxy. Rare antiparticles like positrons and antiprotons represent a special interest in that they could come from non-astronomic sources. Expectations for future measurements with AMS-02 and future particle detectors in space will be discussed. Special emphasis is given to the ambitious Chinese space science program, to which CAP Genève is contributing.