2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/2633The 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)Astrophysicstext