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Light Nuclei and Isotope Abundances in Cosmic Rays. Results from AMS-01

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2012-10-30 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Observations of the chemical and isotopic composition of light cosmic-ray nuclei can be used to constrain the astrophysical models of cosmic-ray transport and interactions in the Galaxy. Nearly 200,000 light nuclei (Z>2) have been observed by AMS-01 during the 10-day flight STS-91 in June 1998. Using these data, we have measured the relative abundance of light nuclei Li, Be, B and C in the kinetic energy range 0.35 - 45 GeV/nucleon.

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@article{arxiv.1106.2268,
  title  = {Light Nuclei and Isotope Abundances in Cosmic Rays. Results from AMS-01},
  author = {N. Tomassetti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.2268},
  year   = {2012}
}

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6 pages, 3 figures. Proceedings of the ICATPP 2010 - Como, Italy