Solar Modulation of Cosmic Nuclei over a Solar Cycle: Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

Aguilar, M.; Alpat, B.; Ambrosi, G.; Anderson, H.; Arruda, L.; Attig, N.; Bagwell, C.; Barao, F.; Barbanera, M.; Barrin, L.; Bartoloni, A.; Battiston, R.; Bayyari, A.; Belyaev, N.; Bertucci, B.; Bindi, V.; Bollweg, K.; Bolster, J.; Borchiellini, M.; Borgia, B.; Boschini, M.J.; Bourquin, M.; Brugnoni, C.; Burger, J.; Burger, W.J.; Burzillà, N.; Cai, X.D.; Capell, M.; Casaus, J.; Castellini, G.; Cervelli, F.; Chang, Y.H.; Chen, G.M.; Chen, G.R.; Chen, H.; Chen, H.S.; Chen, Y.; Cheng, L.; Chou, H.Y.; Chouridou, S.; Choutko, V.; Chung, C.H.; Clark, C.; Coignet, G.; Consolandi, C.; Contin, A.; Corti, C.; Cui, Z.; Dadzie, K.; D'Angelo, F.; Dass, A.; Delgado, C.; Della Torre, S.; Demirköz, M.B.; Derome, L.; Di Falco, S.; Di Felice, V.; Díaz, C.; Dimiccoli, F.; Von Doetinchem, P.; Dong, F.; Duranti, M.; Egorov, A.; Eline, A.; Faldi, F.; Fehr, D.; Feng, J.; Fiandrini, E.; Fisher, P.; Formato, V.; García-López, R.J.; Gargiulo, C.; Gast, H.; Gervasi, M.; Giovacchini, F.; Gómez-Coral, D.M.; Gong, J.; Grandi, D.; Graziani, M.; Haino, S.; Han, K.C.; Hashmani, R.K.; He, Z.H.; Heber, B.; Hernández-Nicolás, F.; Hsieh, T.H.; Hu, J.Y.; Huang, B.W.; Ionica, M.; Incagli, M.; Jia, Yi; Jinchi, H.; Karagöz, GÜLCE; Kirn, Th.; Klipfel, A.P.; Kounina, O.; Kounine, A.; Koutsenko, V.; Krasnopevtsev, D.; Kuhlman, A.; Kulemzin, A.; La Vacca, G.; Laudi, E.; Laurenti, G.; Lavecchia, G.; Lazzizzera, I.; Lee, H.T.; Lee, S.C.; Li, H.L.; Li, J.H.; Li, J.Q.; Li, M.; Li, M.; Li, Q.; Li, Q.; Li, Q.Y.; Li, S.; Li, S.L.; Li, Z.H.; Liang, M.J.; Liao, P.; Lin, C.H.; Lippert, T.; Liu, J.H.; Liu, P.C.; Liu, Z.; Lu, S.Q.; Lu, Y.S.; Luo, J.Z.; Luo, Q.; Luo, S.D.; Luo, Xi; Mañá, C.; Marín, J.; Marquardt, J.; Martínez, G.; Masi, N.; Maurin, D.; Medvedeva, T.; Menchaca-Rocha, A.; Meng, Q.; Mikhailov, V.V.; Molero, M.; Mott, P.; Mussolin, L.; Jozani, Y.; Nicolaidis, R.; Nikonov, N.; Nozzoli, F.; Ocampo-Peleteiro, J.; Oliva, A.; Orcinha, M.; Palmonari, F.; Paniccia, M.; Pashnin, A.; Pauluzzi, M.; Pelosi, D.; Pensotti, S.; Pietzcker, P.; Plyaskin, V.; Poluianov, S.; Pridöhl, D.; Qu, Z.Y.; Quadrani, L.; Rancoita, P.G.; Rapin, D.; Conde, A.; Robyn, E.; Rodríguez-García, I.; Romaneehsen, L.; Rossi, F.; Rozhkov, A.; Rozza, D.; Sagdeev, R.; Schael, S.; Von Dratzig, A.; Schwering, G.; Seo, E.S.; Shan, B.S.; Shukla, A.; Siedenburg, T.; Siemko, A.; Silvestre, G.; Song, J.W.; Song, X.J.; Sonnabend, R.; Strigari, L.; Su, T.; Sun, Q.; Sun, Z.T.; Tabarroni, L.; Tacconi, M.; Tang, Z.C.; Tian, J.; Tian, Y.; Ting, Samuel; Ting, S.M.; Tomassetti, N.; Torsti, J.; Ubaldi, A.; Urban, T.; Usoskin, I.; Vagelli, V.; Vainio, R.; Väisänen, P.; Valencia-Otero, M.; Valente, E.; Valtonen, E.; Vázquez Acosta, M.; Vecchi, M.; Velasco, M.; Wang, C.X.; Wang, J.C.; Wang, L.; Wang, L.Q.; Wang, N.H.; Wang, Q.L.; Wang, S.; Wang, X.; Wang, Z.M.; Wei, J.; Weng, Z.L.; Wu, H.; Wu, Y.; Wu, Z.B.; Xiao, J.N.; Xiong, R.Q.; Xiong, X.Z.; Xu, W.; Yan, Q.; Yang, H.T.; Yang, Y.; Yi, H.; You, Y.H.; Yu, Y.M.; Yu, Z.Q.; Zhang, C.; Zhang, F.Z.; Zhang, J.; Zhang, J.H.; Zhang, Z.; Zhao, P.W.; Zheng, C.; Zheng, Z.M.; Zhuang, H.L.; Zhukov, V.; Zichichi, A.; Zuberi, M.; Zuccon, P.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.134.051001

Solar Modulation of Cosmic Nuclei over a Solar Cycle: Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

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Aguilar M., Alpat B., Ambrosi G., Anderson H., Arruda L., Attig N., ...More

Physical Review Letters, vol.134, no.5, 2025 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 134 Issue: 5
Publication Date: 2025
Doi Number: 10.1103/physrevlett.134.051001
Journal Name: Physical Review Letters
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Chemical Abstracts Core, Compendex, INSPEC, zbMATH, DIALNET, Nature Index
Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We report the properties of precision time structures of cosmic nuclei He, Li, Be, B, C, N, and O fluxes over an 11-year solar cycle from May 2011 to November 2022 in the rigidity range from 1.92 to 60.3 GV. The nuclei fluxes show similar but not identical time variations with amplitudes decreasing with increasing rigidity. In particular, below 3.64 GV the Li, Be, and B fluxes, and below 2.15 GV the C, N, and O fluxes, are significantly less affected by solar modulation than the He flux. We observe that these differences in solar modulation are linearly correlated with the differences in the spectral indices of the cosmic nuclei fluxes. This shows, in a model-independent way, that solar modulation of galactic cosmic nuclei depends on their spectral shape. In addition, solar modulation differences due to nuclei velocity dependence on the mass-to-charge ratio (A/Z) are not observed.