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Title: Properties of Cosmic Lithium Isotopes Measured by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)
  2. INFN Sezione di Perugia
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  4. Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP)
  5. Research Centre Jülich
  6. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
  7. INFN Sezione di Roma 1
  8. INFN TIFPA; Università di Trento
  9. University of Hawaii
  10. INFN Sezione di Perugia; Università di Perugia
  11. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center (JSC)
  12. University of Groningen
  13. INFN Sezione di Roma 1; Università di Roma La Sapienza
  14. INFN Sezione di Milano–Bicocca
  15. Université de Genève
  16. INFN TIFPA
  17. INFN Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata
  18. CNR–IROE
  19. INFN Sezione di Pisa
  20. Institute of Physics
  21. Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)
  22. Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology (SDIAT)
  23. Zhejiang University (ZJU)
  24. RWTH Aachen University
  25. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center (JSC)
  26. Université Savoie Mont Blanc
  27. INFN Sezione di Bologna; Università di Bologna
  28. Shandong University (SDU); Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology (SDIAT)
  29. Università di Bologna; INFN Sezione di Bologna
  30. Middle East Technical University (METU)
  31. Université Grenoble Alpes
  32. Southeast University (SEU)
  33. Sun Yat–Sen University (SYSU)
  34. Universidad de La Laguna
  35. INFN Sezione di Milano–Bicocca; Università di Milano–Bicocca
  36. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
  37. National Chung–Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST)
  38. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
  39. INFN Sezione di Bologna
  40. Academia Sinica Grid Center (ASGC)
  41. Shandong University (SDU)
  42. Chinese Academy of Sciences
  43. Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Physics
  44. Università di Trento; INFN TIFPA
  45. University of Oulu
  46. University of Maryland
  47. Beihang University (BUAA)
  48. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
  49. University of Turku
  50. Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI); INFN Sezione di Perugia
  51. National Central University (NCU)
  52. Université de Genève; Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology (SDIAT)
  53. National Cheng Kung University
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We present the first measurement of cosmic-ray fluxes of 6Li and 7Li isotopes in the rigidity range from 1.9 to 25 GV. The measurements are based on 9.7 × 105 6Li and 1.04 × 106 7Li nuclei collected by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station from May 2011 to October 2023. We observe that over the entire rigidity range the 6Li and 7Li fluxes exhibit nearly identical time variations and, above ∼4 GV, the time variations of 6Li , 7Li , He, Be, B, C, N, and O fluxes are identical. Above ∼7 GV, we find an identical rigidity dependence of the 6Li and 7Li fluxes. This shows that they are both produced by collisions of heavier cosmic-ray nuclei with the interstellar medium and, in particular, excludes the existence of a sizable primary component in the 7Li flux.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; SC0025692
OSTI ID:
2567760
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 20 Vol. 134; ISSN 1079-7114; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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