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Origin of light nuclei in near earth orbit
The possible sources of light nuclei populations observed recently below the
geomagnetic cutoff by the AMS experiment are discussed in terms of nuclear
processes: fragmentation of the incoming flux of cosmic helium on atmospheric
nuclei, and nuclear coalescence from proton and helium induced reactions.
Results of simulations for deuterium, tritium, helium 3 and 4, are presented.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure