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Properties of Cosmic Lithium Isotopes Measured by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
We present the first measurement of cosmic-ray fluxes of $^6\textrm{Li}$ and $^7\textrm{Li}$ isotopes in the rigidity range from 1.9 to 25 GV. The measurements are based on $9.7 \times 10^5$ $^6\textrm{Li}$ and $1.04 \times 10^6$ $^7\textrm{Li}$ nuclei collected by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station from May 2011 to October 2023. We observe that over the entire rigidity range the $^6\textrm{Li}$ and $^7\textrm{Li}$ fluxes exhibit nearly identical time variations and, above $\sim$4 GV, the time variations of $^6\textrm{Li}$, $^7\textrm{Li}$, He, Be, B, C, N, and O fluxes are identical. Above $\sim$7 GV, we find an identical rigidity dependence of the $^6\textrm{Li}$ and $^7\textrm{Li}$ fluxes. This shows that they are both produced by collisions of heavier cosmic-ray nuclei with the interstellar medium and, in particular, excludes the existence of a sizable primary component in the $^7\textrm{Li}$ flux.
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Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 021101 (2018), Citations: 295, View supplemental material and data
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Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 231102 (2016), Citations: 394, View supplemental material and data
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Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 091103 (2016), Citations: 591, View supplemental material and data
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Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 211101 (2015), Citations: 556, View supplemental material and data
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Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 171103 (2015), Citations: 1,024, View supplemental material and data
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Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 221102 (2014), Citations: 388, View supplemental material and data
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Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 121102 (2014), Citations: 643, View supplemental material and data
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