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PHYSICAL REVIEW C
Volume 92, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.92.045808
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- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) LabEx grant ENIGMASS at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/IN2P3
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High-energy Li-Be-B nuclei in cosmic rays are being measured with unprecedented accuracy by the AMS experiment. These data bring valuable information to the cosmic ray propagation physics. In particular, combined measurements of B/C and Be/B ratios may allow to break the parameter degeneracy between the cosmic-ray diffusion coefficient and the size of the propagation region, which is crucial for dark matter searches. The parameter determination relies on the calculation of the Be and B production from collisions of heavier nuclei with the gas. Using the available cross-section data, I present for the first time an evaluation of the nuclear uncertainties and their impact in constraining the propagation models. I found that the AMS experiment can provide tight constraints on the transport parameters allowing to resolutely break the degeneracy, while nuclear uncertainties in the models are found to be a major limiting factor. Once these uncertainties are accounted for, the degeneracy remains poorly resolved. In particular, the Be/B ratio at similar to 1-10 GeV/n is found not to bring valuable information for the parameter extraction. On the other hand, precise Be/B data at higher energy may be useful to test the nuclear physics inputs of the models.
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