Origin of light nuclei in near earth orbit

2001/05/30 by L. Derome, L Derome, M. Buenerd +1 · 3 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Cold Fusion and Nuclear Reactions #Nuclear physics research studies #astro-ph #nucl-ex

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(01)01247-3

published as Phys.Lett. B521 (2001) 139 · 11 pages, 4 figures

arxiv created 2001/05/30 · openalex publication_date 2001/11/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

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 4He on atmospheric nuclei, and nuclear coalescence from proton and 4He induced reactions. Results of simulations for 2,3H and 3,4He, are presented and compared to the data.

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