{"id":20204,"date":"2024-06-26T16:51:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T14:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infnimport.sitebysite.it\/2024\/06\/26\/ams-02-news-on-light-nucleus-from-space\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T10:47:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T09:47:32","slug":"ams-02-news-on-light-nucleus-from-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/ams-02-news-on-light-nucleus-from-space\/","title":{"rendered":"AMS-02: NEWS ON LIGHT NUCLEUS COMING FROM SPACE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-5716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ams_nasa_2024.jpg\" alt=\"ams nasa 2024\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" style=\"margin: 10px; float: left;\" \/>In a paper published on 25 June in the journal Physical Review Letters, the scientific collaboration of the AMS mission operating since 2011 on the International Space Station has cross-referenced the capabilities of several sub-detectors to distinguish particles with similar charge but different mass in cosmic rays. Four nuclear species &#8211; protons, deuterium nuclei (called deuterons and consisting of 1 proton and 1 neutron), helium-3 nuclei (consisting of 2 protons and 1 neutron) and helium-4 nuclei (2 protons and 2 neutrons) &#8211; were separated with great precision, and the properties of the rarest species, deuterons and helium-3 nuclei, were measured. Deuterons and helium-3 are found in significant quantities in cosmic rays, because they are mostly produced by energetic helium-4 nuclei which, when striking interstellar gas, produce these lighter fragments. AMS observed, however, that their common origin does not translate into a similar dependence of the flux intensity on their energy: deuterons and helium-3 nuclei behave differently. The difference between deuterons and helium-3 is not predicted by current theoretical models and would suggest the presence of an additional source of deuterons. 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