AMS : A particle observatory in space

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The expected physics and astrophysics capabilities of the AMS experiment on board the International Space Station are briefly reviewed : high statistics study of cosmic rays in a wide range of energies, search for primordial antimatter, search for non-baryonic dark matter and, to some extent, gamma-ray astronomy.
Proceedings of the Rencontres de Moriond, Very High Energy Phenomena in the Universe, Les Arcs, France (January 20-27, 2001)

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