Speaker
Description
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) has been operating aboard the International Space Station (ISS) since May 2011. Deuterons represent about 1% of the single-charged cosmic-ray nuclei. They are mainly produced by fragmentation reactions of primary cosmic 4He nuclei on the interstellar medium and represent a very sensitive tool to verify and constrain CR propagation models in the galaxy. Given the smaller cross-section for 4He->D with respect to C->B, the deuteron flux provides additional information about the propagation of cosmic rays compared to the cosmic B/C ratio. Precise particle rigidity and velocity measurements and a large acceptance enable separating deuterons from abundant protons in the rigidity range from 1.92 to 21.1 GV. Precision measurements of the deuteron flux obtained with a high-statistics data sample collected by the AMS-02 during its 8.5 years of operation on the International Space Station will be presented.
Keywords
deuteron; cosmic-ray; AMS-02; secondary
| Subcategory | Experimental Results |
|---|---|
| Collaboration | AMS |
