Measurements of the isotopes of lithium, beryllium, and boron from ACE/CRIS
Abstract
The isotopes of lithium, beryllium, and boron (LiBeB) are known in nature to be produced primarily by CNO spallation and α-α fusion from interactions between cosmic rays and interstellar nuclei. While the dominant source of LiBeB isotopes in the present epoch is cosmic-ray interactions, other sources are known to exist, including the production of ^(7)Li from big bang nucleosynthesis. Precise observations of galactic cosmic-ray LiBeB in addition to accurate modeling of cosmic-ray transport can help to constrain the relative importance among the different production mechanisms. The Cosmic Ray Isotope Spectrometer (CRIS) on the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) has measured nuclei with 2 ≲ Z ≲ 30 in the energy range ~30–500 MeV/nucleon since 1997 with good statistical accuracy. We present measurements of the isotopic abundances of LiBeB and discuss these observations in the context of previous cosmic-ray measurements and spectroscopic observations.
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© 2001 American Institute of Physics. Issue Date: 21 November 2001. This work was supported by NASA at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Washington University and the California Institute of Technology (under grant NAG5-6912).Attached Files
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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- Space Radiation Laboratory
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- 2001-63