Properties of Cosmic Helium Isotopes Measured by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

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作者
Aguilar, M. [30 ]
Cavasonza, L. Ali [1 ,2 ]
Ambrosi, G. [37 ]
Arruda, L. [28 ]
Attig, N. [23 ,24 ]
Bachlechner, A. [1 ,2 ]
Barao, F. [28 ]
Barrau, A. [18 ]
Barrin, L. [16 ]
Bartoloni, A. [42 ]
Basegmez-du Pree, S. [19 ,52 ]
Battiston, R. [40 ,41 ]
Becker, U. [11 ]
Behlmann, M. [11 ]
Beischer, B. [1 ,2 ]
Berdugo, J. [30 ]
Bertucci, B. [37 ,38 ]
Bindi, V. [21 ]
de Boer, W. [25 ]
Bollweg, K. [22 ]
Borgia, B. [42 ]
Boschini, M. J. [32 ]
Bourquin, M. [17 ]
Bueno, E. F. [19 ]
Burger, J. [11 ]
Burger, W. J. [40 ]
Cai, X. D. [11 ]
Capell, M. [11 ]
Caroff, S. [4 ]
Casaus, J. [30 ]
Castellini, G. [15 ]
Cervelli, F. [39 ]
Chang, Y. H. [49 ,50 ]
Chen, G. M. [7 ,8 ]
Chen, H. S. [7 ,8 ]
Chen, Y. [17 ]
Cheng, L. [45 ]
Chou, H. Y. [49 ,50 ]
Choutko, V. [11 ]
Chung, C. H. [1 ,2 ]
Clark, C. [11 ,22 ]
Coignet, G. [4 ]
Consolandi, C. [21 ]
Contin, A. [9 ,10 ]
Corti, C. [21 ]
Cui, Z. [45 ]
Dadzie, K. [11 ]
Dai, Y. M. [6 ]
Datta, A. [21 ]
Delgado, C. [30 ]
机构
[1] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Inst Phys 1, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
[2] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, JARA FAME, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
[3] METU, Dept Phys, TR-06800 Ankara, Turkey
[4] Univ Savoie Mt Blanc, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LAPP IN2P3, F-74000 Annecy, France
[5] Beihang Univ BUAA, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China
[6] Chinese Acad Sci, IEE, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
[7] Chinese Acad Sci, IHEP, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
[8] UCAS, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
[9] INFN, Sez Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
[10] Univ Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
[11] MIT, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[12] Univ Maryland, East West Ctr Space Sci, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[13] Univ Maryland, IPST, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[14] Kyungpook Natl Univ, CHEP, Daegu 41566, South Korea
[15] CNR, IROE, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[16] CERN, European Org Nucl Res, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
[17] Univ Geneva, DPNC, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
[18] Univ Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC,IN2P3, F-38000 Grenoble, France
[19] Univ Groningen, KVI Ctr Adv Radiat Technol, NL-9700 AB Groningen, Netherlands
[20] SYSU, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[21] Univ Hawaii, Phys & Astron Dept, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
[22] NASA, JSC, Houston, TX 77058 USA
[23] Julich Supercomp Ctr, D-52425 Julich, Germany
[24] Res Ctr Julich, JARA FAME, D-52425 Julich, Germany
[25] KIT, Inst Expt Teilchenphys, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
[26] Inst Astrofis Canarias, San Cristobal la Laguna 38205, Spain
[27] Univ La Laguna, Dept Astrofis, E-38206 Tenerife, Spain
[28] Lab Instrumentacao & Fis Expt Particulas LIP, P-1000 Lisbon, Portugal
[29] NCSIST, Longtan 32546, Tao Yuan, Taiwan
[30] Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Tecnol CIEM, Madrid 28040, Spain
[31] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 01000, DF, Mexico
[32] INFN, Sez Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milan, Italy
[33] Univ Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milan, Italy
[34] Southeast Univ SEU, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[35] Univ Oulu, Sodankyla Geophys Observ, Oulu 90014, Finland
[36] Univ Oulu, Space Climate Res Unit, Oulu 90014, Finland
[37] INFN, Sez Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy
[38] Univ Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy
[39] INFN, Sez Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy
[40] INFN, TIFPA, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
[41] Univ Trento, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
[42] INFN, Sez Roma 1, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[43] Univ Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[44] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis Sao Carlos, CP 369, BR-13560970 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
[45] Shandong Univ SDU, Jinan 250100, Shandong, Peoples R China
[46] Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
[47] ASGC, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
[48] Acad Sinica, Inst Phys, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
[49] NCU, Phys Dept, Taoyuan 32054, Taiwan
[50] NCU, Ctr High Energy & High Field, Taoyuan 32054, Taiwan
基金
瑞士国家科学基金会; 巴西圣保罗研究基金会; 美国国家科学基金会; 芬兰科学院;
关键词
GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE FIELD; ENERGY-SPECTRA; RAY NUCLEI; SOLAR MODULATION; AMS-02; PROPAGATION; SPACE; PERFORMANCE; ABUNDANCES; DETECTOR;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.181102
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Precision measurements by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the International Space Station of He-3 and He-4 fluxes are presented. The measurements are based on 100 million He-4 nuclei in the rigidity range from 2.1 to 21 GV and 18 million He-3 from 1.9 to 15 GV collected from May 2011 to November 2017. We observed that the He-3 and He-4 fluxes exhibit nearly identical variations with time. The relative magnitude of the variations decreases with increasing rigidity. The rigidity dependence of the He-3/He-4 flux ratio is measured for the first time. Below 4 GV, the He-3/He-4 flux ratio was found to have a significant long-term time dependence. Above 4 GV, the He-3/He-4 flux ratio was found to be time independent, and its rigidity dependence is well described by a single power law proportional to R-Delta with Delta = 0.294 0.004. Unexpectedly, this value is in agreement with the B/O and B/C spectral indices at high energies.
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