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abstract: 'Measurement of the chemical and isotopic composition of cosmic rays is
  essential for the precise understanding of their propagation in the galaxy. While
  the model parameters are mainly determined using the B/C ratio, the study of extended
  sets of ratios can provide stronger constraints on the propagation models. In this
  paper, the relative abundances of light-nuclei lithium, beryllium, boron, and carbon
  are presented. The secondary-to- primary ratios Li/C, Be/C, and B/C have been measured
  in the kinetic energy range 0.35-45 GeV nucleon$^-1$. The isotopic ratio $^7$Li/$^6$Li
  is also determined in the magnetic rigidity interval 2.5-6.3 GV. The secondary-to-secondary
  ratios Li/Be, Li/B, and Be/B are also reported. These measurements are based on
  the data collected by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer AMS-01 during the STS-91 space
  shuttle flight in 1998 June. Our experimental results are in substantial agreement
  with other measurements, where they exist. We describe our light-nuclei data with
  a diffusive-reacceleration model. A 10\%-15\% overproduction of Be is found in the
  model predictions and can be attributed to uncertainties in the production cross-section
  data.'
adsnote: Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
adsurl: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010ApJ...724..329A
authors:
- M. Aguilar
- J. Alcaraz
- J. Allaby
- B. Alpat
- G. Ambrosi
- H. Anderhub
- L. Ao
- A. Arefiev
- L. Arruda
- P. Azzarello
- M. Basile
- F. Barao
- G. Barreira
- A. Bartoloni
- R. Battiston
- R. Becker
- U. Becker
- L. Bellagamba
- P. B\'en\'e
- J. Berdugo
- P. Berges
- B. Bertucci
- A. Biland
- V. Bindi
- G. Boella
- M. Boschini
- M. Bourquin
- G. Bruni
- M. Bu\'enerd
- J. D. Burger
- W. J. Burger
- X. D. Cai
- P. Cannarsa
- M. Capell
- D. Casadei
- J. Casaus
- G. Castellini
- I. Cernuda
- Y. H. Chang
- H. F. Chen
- H. S. Chen
- Z. G. Chen
- N. A. Chernoplekov
- T. H. Chiueh
- Y. Y. Choi
- F. Cindolo
- V. Commichau
- A. Contin
- E. Cortina-Gil
- D. Crespo
- M. Cristinziani
- T. S. Dai
- C. dela Guia
- C. Delgado
- S. Di Falco
- L. Djambazov
- I. D'Antone
- Z. R. Dong
- M. Duranti
- J. Engelberg
- F. J. Eppling
- T. Eronen
- P. Extermann
- J. Favier
- E. Fiandrini
- P. H. Fisher
- G. Fl\"ugge
- N. Fouque
- Y. Galaktionov
- M. Gervasi
- F. Giovacchini
- P. Giusti
- D. Grandi
- O. Grimm
- W. Q. Gu
- S. Haino
- K. Hangarter
- A. Hasan
- V. Hermel
- H. Hofer
- W. Hungerford
- M. Ionica
- M. Jongmanns
- K. Karlamaa
- W. Karpinski
- G. Kenney
- D. H. Kim
- G. N. Kim
- K. S. Kim
- T. Kirn
- A. Klimentov
- R. Kossakowski
- A. Kounine
- V. Koutsenko
- M. Kraeber
- G. Laborie
- T. Laitinen
- G. Lamanna
- G. Laurenti
- A. Lebedev
- C. Lechanoine-Leluc
- M. W. Lee
- S. C. Lee
- G. Levi
- C. H. Lin
- H. T. Liu
- G. Lu
- Y. S. Lu
- K. L\"ubelsmeyer
- D. Luckey
- W. Lustermann
- C. Ma\~na
- A. Margotti
- F. Mayet
- R. R. McNeil
- M. Menichelli
- A. Mihul
- A. Mujunen
- A. Oliva
- F. Palmonari
- H. B. Park
- W. H. Park
- M. Pauluzzi
- F. Pauss
- R. Pereira
- E. Perrin
- A. Pevsner
- F. Pilo
- M. Pimenta
- V. Plyaskin
- V. Pojidaev
- M. Pohl
- N. Produit
- L. Quadrani
- P. G. Rancoita
- D. Rapin
- D. Ren
- Z. Ren
- M. Ribordy
- J. P. Richeux
- E. Riihonen
- J. Ritakari
- S. Ro
- U. Roeser
- R. Sagdeev
- D. Santos
- G. Sartorelli
- C. Sbarra
- S. Schael
- A. Schultz von Dratzig
- G. Schwering
- E. S. Seo
- J. W. Shin
- E. Shoumilov
- V. Shoutko
- T. Siedenburg
- R. Siedling
- D. Son
- T. Song
- F. R. Spada
- F. Spinella
- M. Steuer
- G. S. Sun
- H. Suter
- X. W. Tang
- Samuel C. C. Ting
- S. M. Ting
- N. Tomassetti
- M. Tornikoski
- J. Torsti
- J. Tr\"umper
- J. Ulbricht
- S. Urpo
- E. Valtonen
- J. Vandenhirtz
- E. Velikhov
- B. Verlaat
- I. Vetlitsky
- F. Vezzu
- J. P. Vialle
- G. Viertel
- D. Vit\'e
- H. Von Gunten
- S. Waldmeier Wicki
- W. Wallraff
- J. Z. Wang
- K. Wiik
- C. Williams
- S. X. Wu
- P. C. Xia
- S. Xu
- Z. Z. Xu
- J. L. Yan
- L. G. Yan
- C. G. Yang
- J. Yang
- M. Yang
- S. W. Ye
- H. Y. Zhang
- Z. P. Zhang
- D. X. Zhao
- F. Zhou
- Y. Zhou
- G. Y. Zhu
- W. Z. Zhu
- H. L. Zhuang
- A. Zichichi
- B. Zimmermann
- P. Zuccon
category: publications
date: '2010-11-01'
doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/724/1/329
draft: false
featured: false
journal: ApJ
month: November
number: '1'
pages: 329-340
projects: []
publication: ApJ
publication_types:
- '2'
tags:
- Acceleration of particles
- Cosmic rays
- Nuclear reactions
- Nucleosynthesis
- Abundances
- Space vehicles
title: 'Relative Composition and Energy Spectra of Light Nuclei in Cosmic Rays: Results
  from AMS-01'
type: ARTICLE
volume: '724'
year: '2010'
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