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Ulrich J. Becker.
Sun, Wei, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
2015-10-14T14:35:07Z
2015-10-14T14:35:07Z
2015
2015
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99244
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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, 2015.
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A precision measurement of the Boron to Carbon ratio in cosmic rays is carried out in the range 1 GeV/n to 670 GeV/n using the first 30 months of flight data of AMS-02 located on the International Space Station. Above 20 GeV/n, it is the first accurate measurement. About 5 million clean Boron and Carbon nuclei are identified. The experimental and analysis challenges in achieving a high precision measurement are addressed. Boron is exclusively produced as a secondary particle by spallation from primary elements like Carbon in collisions with interstellar medium. The unprecedented precision and energy range of this measurement deepen the knowledge of cosmic ray propagation. Using this measurement, the diffusion coefficient in Gal-Prop model is determined to be (6.05 ± 0.05)10 28 cm2/s, and the Alfven velocity is (33.9 ± 1.0) km/s. This makes the prediction of secondary anti-proton background in dark matter search one order of magnitude more accurate.
by Wei Sun.
Ph.D.
170 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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