Origin of light nuclei in near earth orbit
Astrophysics
2009-11-06 v1 Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
The possible sources of light nuclei populations observed recently below the geomagnetic cutoff by the AMS experiment are discussed in terms of nuclear processes: fragmentation of the incoming flux of cosmic helium on atmospheric nuclei, and nuclear coalescence from proton and helium induced reactions. Results of simulations for deuterium, tritium, helium 3 and 4, are presented.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0105523,
title = {Origin of light nuclei in near earth orbit},
author = {L. Derome and M. Buenerd},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0105523},
year = {2009}
}
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11 pages, 4 figures