Space qualification of the transition radiation detector of the AMS-02 experiment and indirect search for dark matter [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Chan Hoon Chung

Space Quali cation of the Transition Radiation Detectorof the AMS-02 Experimentand Indirect Search for Dark MatterVon der Fakult at fur Mathematik, Informatik und Naturwissenschaften derRheinisch-Westf alischen Technischen Hochschule Aachenzur Erlangung des akademischen Grades einesDoktors der Naturwissenschaftengenehmigte Dissertationvorgelegt vonMaster of ScienceChan Hoon Chungaus Daegu, Republic of KoreaBerichter: Universit atsprofessor Dr. St. SchaelUniversit Dr. K. Lub elsmeyerTag der mundlic hen Prufung: 4. Sept 2007Diese Dissertation ist auf den Internetseiten der Hochschulbibliothekonline verfugbariiPrefaceThe Universe is composed of 22% non-baryonic dark matter and its na-ture is one of the outstanding questions in modern astroparticle physics. Theexistence of dark matter from the Big-Bang to the present-day is con rmedby the various astrophysical observations including the recent Wilkinson Mi-crowave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) experiment of the cosmic microwavebackground (CMB). The dark matter is considered to be a stable, neutral,weakly and gravitational interacting massive particle (WIMP). In spite ofthe fact that the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics is well establishedby various experiments with an extreme accuracy, it could not provide anyviable candidate of dark matter. The supersymmetry (SUSY) theories pre-dict the existence of relic particles from the Big-Bang.